UFC 293: Adesanya vs Strickland Results

The welterweight newcomer was a little tight to start the contest, but after eating a couple shots and getting comfortable in the Octagon, Jousset started finding a home for his jab and heavy low kicks. As he started to gain control of the contest, Crosbie looked for a takedown off the fence and Jousset defended well, scrambling to the Irishman’s back and sinking in the choke before Crosbie even started to defend.

With six members of the Auckland super-camp on the card in Sydney, this was a great initial performance for the team and a strong debut from Jousset. | Official Scorecards 

The Brazilian charged across the Octagon and instantly grabbed a single leg. As soon as Young put a hand down to brace himself, Miranda jumped on his back, locked up a body triangle and started attacking the choke. Young tried to fight the hands, but it was to no avail, as Miranda got under the neck and sent the City Kickboxing man to dreamland.

Just an outstanding effort from Miranda, who looked sharp in his return to his natural weight class after debuting up a division against surging lightweight Benoit Saint-Denis. | Official Scorecards 

The more experienced Haqparast brought the fight to Quinones, but the recent Climate Fighter contestant showed he was game, standing in the pocket and trading blows from the jump. Haqparast landed the bigger individual strikes, rocking the newcomer in the second and third, but Quinones showed he belonged by hanging tough through to the final horn.

Still just 28 years old, Haqparast has always been forecasted as a possible Top 15 lightweight. He’s now won consecutive outings and pushed his record to 15-5 overall with the victory while taking another step forward in the ultra-talented 155-pound weight class. | Official Scorecards 

Australia’s Mullarkey was first and fastest in the opening stanza as he worked behind a long, quick jab and steady diet of low kicks. Makdessi upped the output in the second, sitting Mullarkey down towards the end of the round before exploding his nose early in the third. To his credit, Mullarkey came right back, hitting the Canadian veteran with a flying knee before the two went shot-for-shot through to the final horn.

The judges were tasked with determining the victor and were aligned in how they saw things, with Mullarkey coming out on the favorable side of the scores. That’s a pair of victories on home soil sandwiched this year for the 29-year-old lightweight, who earned a quality bounce back win on Saturday against “The Bull.” | Official Scorecards 

Midway through the second round, Chepe Mariscal looked to land a harai-goshi on Jack Jenkins, who tried to brace his fall by planting his right hand on the canvas. As they came through, Jenkins’ elbow dislocated on impact, bringing the fight to an instant halt.

This was a competitive fight until the injury, and a good win for Mariscal nonetheless. He’s now earned two wins in under three months to start his UFC career, and will enter his next bout on a five-fight winning streak overall. | Official Scorecards 

“Black Jag” extended his winning streak to five with a patient, measured win over Da Woon Jung in the final preliminary card bout of the evening. While Jung did well to attack the lead leg of the City Kickboxing man, the power and strikes of significant consequence all came from Ulberg, who sat down the South Korean in the first, cut him in the second, and forced him to tap in the waning seconds of the contest.

This was another quality victory for the improving Ulberg, who successfully navigated another step up in competition to keep things moving in the right direction. You can see the growth each time Ulberg takes the Octagon, and as he keeps building, he could become a factor in the 205-pound weight class.

The Australian veteran was patient out of the gate, getting a read on Turkalj’s range and speed before finding a home for a right hand that put “The Pleasure Man” on roller skates. He stayed composed and picked his spots, making sure to land big blows that sealed the deal and set the arena alight.

Now 3-1 since returning from an extended injury hiatus, the soon-to-be 32-year-old is an established action fighter and once again showing that he could be a threat in the future. | Official Scorecards 

The Australian heavyweight landed an overhand left that sent Austin Lane crashing to the canvas just over a minute into the opening round, and for a moment, it looked like he was going to walk it off. As Lane lay prone on the deck, Tafa drove home hammerfists that sealed the deal and sent the big man in celebration mode.

Tafa is rounding into form after an uneven start to his UFC career, earning his second first-round win of the year and third such victory in his last four fights. | Official Scorecards 

The ranked flyweight was a little ahead of newcomer Felipe dos Santos the whole way through, trading with the talented Brazilian throughout the first before beginning to distance himself from the 22-year-old in the second. Dos Santos remained game and had moments in the third, but Kape was able to steady himself and find more success.

They went the distance, with Kape earning a clean sweep of the scorecards, but this was an outstanding debut from dos Santos as well. Kape will be looking for another date with a ranked opponent next time out, and dos Santos is definitely someone to keep close tabs on going forward.

Great fight! | Official Scorecards 

The towering Russian was the far more technical of the two throughout, battering Tuivasa with long jabs and kicks to all levels. But “Bam Bam” beat up the lead leg of Volkov and stayed competitive until the fight hit the canvas midway through the second, where “Drago” climbed into mount and started to dominate. After attacking with ground and pound, Volkov laced up the rarely seen Ezekiel choke, drawing out the tap in the final moments of the middle round.

A Top 10 fixture since arriving in the UFC in 2016, Volkov has now earned three straight stoppage victories to put himself back into the title conversation in the heavyweight division. | Official Scorecards 

The challenger landed the most telling blows of the fight throughout, hurting Adesanya late in the first to set the tone for the contest. In every round, Strickland was the one pressing the action, making the champion work going backwards, never giving him a square target to hit. For five rounds, Adesanya couldn’t find the target and Strickland just kept touching him, connecting with force in spurts and pressuring the entire way through.

Strickland swept the scorecards with 49-46 scores across the board, authoring one of the biggest championship upsets in UFC history. | Official Scorecards