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Two five-round title bouts on Saturday will headline the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return to the Flash Forum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where Israel Adesanya defends his middleweight crown against Paulo Henrique Costa in the UFC 253 main event and Dominick Reyes meets Jan Blachowicz for the vacant light heavyweight title in the co-feature.

UFC 253 “Adesanya vs. Costa”—which streams live to ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT—also features a flyweight tilt matching Kai Kara France with Brandon Royval, a women’s bantamweight encounter pitting Ketlen Vieira against Sijara Eubanks and a 150-pound catchweight affair pairing Hakeem Dawodu with Zubaira Tukhugov. ESPN 2 (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) and UFC Fight Pass (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT) are scheduled to share coverage of the six-fight undercard.

A closer look at the UFC 253 “Adesanya vs. Costa” particulars:

THE LINEUP

185: Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Henrique Costa
205: Dominick Reyes vs. Jan Blachowicz
125: Kai Kara France vs. Brandon Royval
135: Ketlen Vieira vs. Sijara Eubanks
150: Hakeem Dawodu vs. Zubaira Tukhugov
155: Brad Riddell vs. Alex da Silva Coelho
170: Jake Matthews vs. Diego Sanchez
150: Shane Young vs. Ludovit Klein
205: Aleksa Camur vs. William Knight
265: Jeff Hughes vs. Juan Francisco Espino Dieppa
205: Khadis Ibragimov vs. Danilo Marques

THE RUNDOWN

• Preview: The Main Card
• Preview: The Prelims
• Weigh-in Report
• By The Numbers: Adesanya vs. Costa
• By The Numbers: Reyes vs. Blachowicz
• Rivalries: Paulo Henrique Costa
• 5 Defining Moments: Jan Blachowicz
• The Bottom Line: Promotional Assets
• Prime Picks

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