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+>!Here's Way To Watch UFC 305: Dricus du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya live stream, fight card, start times and more..Dricus du Plessis is ready to end Israel Adesanya’s run in the UFC as he defends the UFC middleweight title against the former champion at UFC 305 in Perth. Here’s how you can watch UFC 305, including streaming options and TV channel to catch the prelims and the main card on pay-per-view.

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UFC 305 start time

Date: Saturday, August 17

Location: RAC Arena - Perth, Australia

Time: 10 p.m. ET (8 p.m. ET for prelims) | 12 p.m AEST (Sun)

The UFC 305 main card starts at the standard U.S. time of 10 p.m. ET (12 p.m. AEST) despite being in Australia. The main event should begin around 12:30 a.m. ET (2:30 p.m. BST Sun), depending on how long the undercard fights last.

UFC 305 fight card

Main Card

Dricus du Plessis (c) vs. Israel Adesanya for the UFC middleweight title

Kai Kara-France vs. Steve Erceg; flyweight

Mateusz Gamrot vs. Dan Hooker; lightweight

Tai Tuivasa vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik; heavyweight

Li Jingliang vs. Carlos Prates; welterweight

Prelims

Junior Tafa vs. Valter Walker; heavyweight

Josh Culibao vs. Ricardo Ramos; featherweight

Casey O'Neill vs. Luana Santos; flyweight

Jack Jenkins vs. Herbert Burns; featherweight

Early Prelims

Tom Nolan vs. Alex Reyes; lightweight

Song Kenan vs. Ricky Glenn; welterweight

Stewart Nicoll vs. Jesus Aguilar; flyweight

UFC 305 preview

Du Plessis beat former champion Robert Whittaker for a shot at then-champion Sean Strickland, later beating Strickland in a fight marked by scorecards all over the place. The 30-year-old former kickboxing champion has said he is the first fighter who lives and trains in Africa to hold a UFC belt, which has upset Adesanya.

Adesanya is 2-2 in his last four fights. Following a lengthy reign as middleweight champion that started in 2019, he lost the belt against rival Alex Pereira, won it back, but lost against Strickland following a lackluster performance. He took almost a year off from action and now looks to become a three-time middleweight champion.

The year off did help Adesanya heal physically and mentally. du Plessis believes the best of Adesanya is behind him as he looks to defend gold for the first time.

“It comes down to seeing the hunger, seeing the fire in someone’s eyes, and I don’t see that,” Du Plessis told mainevent via MMA Fighting. “I can’t remember if he explicitly said he’s retiring, but he said he’s taking off for a couple of months. I don’t remember if he said he was retiring, but it almost gave off that, and everybody would have understood that.

“He did what he had to do in the sport, and he has reached the pinnacle of what he’s gonna reach in his career when it comes to the winning streak. He’s never gonna have that streak again. Defending the belt as many times as he did. He doesn’t have the time or anything to beat that, so what is he doing this for?”