The Flash Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE was home to a great night of fights at UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa. The card saw three (T)KOs, two submissions and six decisions, including one split-decision.
The prelims opened with Danilo Marques scoring the unanimous decision over Khadis Ibragimov. That was followed by Juan Espino submitting Jeff Hughes with a first-round arm triangle. Newcomer William Knight bested Aleksa Camur via unanimous decision and Ludovit Klein starched Shane Young with a combo head kick and punches knockout. Jake Matthews defeated Diego Sanchez via lopsided unanimous decision and Brad Riddell won his contest with Alex Da Silva in a hard fought battle.