This is the UFC 248 live blog for Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero, the middleweight championship main event on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Adesanya attempts the first defense of the title he won this past October in a title unifier against Robert Whittaker. Romero is coming off back-to-back losses in a non-title fight with then-champ Whittaker and a title eliminator against Paulo Costa, respectively.
Check out the UFC 248 live blog below.
Round 1: Dan Miragliotta is the third man in the cage for this middleweight title fight.