.Aug 12, 2024, 10:00 AM ETThere's one thing special about a combined fighting styles celebration Down Under.Maybe it's the moment warp a Northern American enthusiast knowledge while watching battles on TV on a Saturday evening and also understanding that they are actually occurring the adhering to morning, local time. That has to do with as disorienting as being cageside in Australia as well as recognizing that followers halfway all over the world are checking out the fights reside ... last night.Or possibly it is actually something else that creates seeing mixed martial arts matches in Australia believe so unique. Perhaps it is actually the matches on their own, which frequently have multiple exclamation points attached. Any individual adhering to the sport for numerous years has actually witnessed the fact spins that can easily emanate coming from cage matches within this corner of the Southern Hemisphere.Mark Quest and also Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva gave an occupation's well worth of big-time damage on one another in the course of one remarkable evening in Brisbane in 2013. A record-setting night (early morning?) in Sydney a year later on, with 11 fights and 11 surfaces. And, naturally, Holly Holm kicking Ronda Rousey off her high steed at UFC 193 in 2015 in Melbourne. That occasion established a business appearance record that stood up till the Octagon was actually reminded Melbourne in 2019 and 57,127 packed Marvel Stadium to watch Israel Adesanya knock out Robert Whittaker as well as become middleweight champion.When the eight-sided cage go back to Australia on Saturday, the previous two-time champ is going to challenge Dricus Du Plessis in the main activity of UFC 305 in Perth. On the line will be not just a glossy band but the take pride in of a continent 5,000 miles away, as both boxers are originated in Africa, though along with much various lifestyle experiences.That's the genesis of simply some of numerous appealing storylines that are going to participate in out this weekend. Right here are actually five things to look for at UFC 305. Who will get the home on a far-off shore? 1. Middleweight championship: Dricus Du Plessis (c) vs. Israel AdesanyaIsrael Adesanya squares off with Dricus Du Plessis in the main celebration at UFC 305. Photograph by Willpower Russell/Zuffa LLCSaturday's centerpiece remains in Western Australia, although the sensitive turf war is connected to an arrive on the much edge of the Indian Ocean. Du Plessis was born and still lives in South Africa. Adesanya was born in Nigeria as well as moved along with his family members to New Zealand when he was ten years old. Due to those disparate life courses, Du Plessis as soon as stated, "I am the African boxer in the UFC." That did certainly not sit well with Adesanya, who possesses claimed his household emigrated searching for educational opportunities.Editor's Picks1 RelatedIf there's a grudge added to the currently lofty concerns, thus be it. It is actually certainly not a necessary element to make this a fascinating fight, yet let's not forget that the final opportunity Adesanya resided in an animosity-fueled matchup, he styled on Paulo Costa prior to taking him out in 2020. His one KO since then happened versus Alex Pereira in 2013, five months after Pereira possessed KO 'd him. So "The Final Stylebender" has actually revealed a crave the get-back, specifically versus powerful assailants. Can Adesanya's counterpunching stop the short power of Du Plessis, who possesses bulldozed his technique to 9 victories in a row?Which reconstructing project will stand tall? 2. Men's flyweight: Kai Kara-France vs. Steve ErcegThe to begin with pair of opportunities Kara-France completed in the UFC, the matches happened in Australia as well as he was type of the nearby fella. He's really from New Zealand, 1,300 miles around the Tasman Sea, but his opponents were actually from the opposite side of the world, the USA and Brazil. This moment, though, it's an away ready Kara-France, as Erceg was actually birthed in Perth as well as resides twenty mins coming from RAC Stadium. Erceg has dealt with in his neighborhood 6 opportunities, but all before his signing along with the UFC last summertime. He is actually created just four journeys inside the Octagon as well as already has competed for the 125-pound title.That last factor highlights exactly how this battle, like the centerpiece, is about greater than location. Erceg, 29, was using an 11-fight winning touch when he unsuccessfully challenged Alexandre Pantoja in Might. Kara-France, 31, made a bid for an acting belt in 2022, shedding by TKO to ex-champ Brandon Moreno. Each Kara-France and also Erceg are in restoring method. A loss below would not be the end of the street towards contender standing, but it could send that competitor on an inhibiting detour.Can we all only enjoy a turning good time? 3. Big-time: Tai Tuivasa vs. Jairzinho RozenstruikTai Tuivasa tries to finish a four-fight losing touch at UFC 305 on Sunday night. Photo through Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC by means of Getty ImagesI feel regretful for loving Tuivasa battles as much as I do. Sure, I like viewing a carefully tuned sportsmen show off technical fight skills in bring upon damages and also stopping what a rival can throw their means. That's the blended fighting styles I fit being a supporter of. However I merely can not turn away coming from a slobber knocker, which is what Tuivasa constantly promises.Top accounts of the week from Acquire unique access to thousands of costs write-ups a year from best writers. u2022 MLB prophecies: Will Judge attacked 60 Humans resources? "u2022 Barnwell: NFL playoff teams to come back "u2022 Final CFB preseason SP+ ranks" More ESPN+ web content ".What the Aussie can certainly not regularly promise, of course, is his wonderfully horrible postfight occasion, the shoey. The draft beer and also shoes show up only in victory, and Tuivasa has actually dropped 4 fights straight. However right here's something deserving of celebrating, also just before the initial haymaker is flung through these heavy-handed heavyweights: the matchmaking. Rozenstruik can sway for the fences like Tuivasa, therefore this should be fun while it lasts.Will this degree adjustment be successful? 4. Lightweight: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Dan HookerI was beginning to get concerned for Hooker-- similar to the nerves of enjoying Tony Ferguson complete at 40 years of ages. Concubine is simply 34 and also his skid had not been rather as sad, however during the course of a stretch coming from June 2020 through March 2022, he dropped 4 of 5 fights, acquiring finished in each however among the losses. It ought to be taken note that those defeats happened against Islam Makhachev, Dustin Poirier, Michael Chandler and Arnold Allen-- not a tomato may one of them. And Courtesan has actually due to the fact that bounced back along with a set of triumphes over opponents a step lower on the step ladder (Jalin Turner, Claudio Puelles). The problem for Courtesan is that this fight places him straight back at the top level of competitors. Gamrot has actually won seven of 8 matches and also is on the fringe of the headline picture. Will he be excessive for Woman of the streets, or even will Gamrot acquire pushed away from the frame?One boxer's ceiling is one more competitor's ... ceiling? 5. Female's flyweight: Casey O'Neill vs. Luana SantosO'Neill was 9-0 after she succeeded her 4th direct UFC fight in early 2022, and viewers were beginning to suppose on where her roof was. And now she performs a two-fight skid, and also the uncertainty concerns how much her falloff may be. Meanwhile, Santos is 3 battles right into her UFC round, using a five-fight winning touch as well as looking like a rising possibility. This is a necessary exam for both ladies, a level setter. O'Neill is actually 26 years old, while Santos is only 24. So their storyline can twist and turn for a long times.