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UFC 253 Live Blog: Results, Highlights and Analysis

The UFC has returned to “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi for a pay per view headlined by two undefeated juggernauts in Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa.

Adesanya (19-0) defends his Middleweight Championship against Costa (13-0) in the main event. Both fighters enter the bout with undefeated records, and this matchup is one of the best that the UFC can offer in any weight class. Costa has simply powered his way through the UFC, winning his first four fights in the promotion by TKO before his most recent fight, which was a five-round unanimous decision against Yoel Romero. Costa dominated Romero, one of the most dangerous middleweight fighters in the world.