The rumored UFC return to Australia reportedly will be official next week with an announcement in Perth.
UFC 284 will be the promotion’s 16th overall trip to Australia. Perhaps not coincidentally, the event will come five years to the day since the first and so far only UFC visit in Perth – UFC 221 on Feb. Like most past UFC shows in Australia, the event will take place Sunday morning locally in Perth to account for the 12-hour time difference between that and the U.S. Adesanya, who trains in New Zealand, puts his middleweight title on the line next month in New York against Alex Pereira. In the UFC 221 main event, Yoel Romero knocked out Luke Rockhold in an interim middleweight title fight, but couldn’t win the interim belt because he missed weight. He’ll be joined by UFC featherweight champion [Alexander Volkanovski](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/alexander-volkanovski).
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will be making its return to RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia, for the upcoming UFC 284 pay-per-view (PPV) mixed ...
No fights have been announced for the card but it should be noted that current featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will be on hand this Tuesday for the promotion’s official announcement. 11) in the United States due to the discrepancy in time zones. UFC 284 will stream live on Sat.
The UFC is set to return to Australia for the first time since prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic when it hosts UFC 284 in Perth.
Volkanovski is undefeated in his UFC career, which began back in 2016. So we’ll get back to Abu Dhabi, obviously we’re going to be there in a couple of months [for It’s the second straight international PPV card for the UFC in 2023, with January’s UFC 283 taking place in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
UFC fans in Perth are on cloud nine following news the combat sporting event is coming to Australian shores next year. UFC 284 will take place on Sunday, ...
Sydney based middleweight competitor Robert Whittaker is tipped to be on the UFC 284 card come February 12 at Perth's RAC Arena Instead he revealed Whittaker was planning to return to the octagon in February in the West. New Zealand born middleweight Robert Whittaker is another big name to potentially feature on the UFC 284 card. - Sydney based middleweight Robert Whittaker tipped to be on the UFC card UFC is set to return to Western Australia after four years - with Sydney based middleweight Robert Whittaker likely to be on the 284 card - Understood UFC 284 will take place on Sunday, February 12 at the RAC Arena
The UFC are set to land their Octagon back in Perth, Australia for the first time since 2018 -- in the form of a February 11. UFC 284 flagship event.
[Perth Now](https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/ufc-284-mma-promotion-to-return-to-perth-for-the-first-time-in-four-years-with-february-event--c-8477710), the promotion are slated to return to the capital of Western Australia on February 11. On that occasion, Adesanya unified the titles with a second round knockout win over Whittaker. from the RAC Arena.
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Following that defeat, the UFC would trade their most successful champion (at the time) to ONE Championship in exchange for Ben Askren. The world was in awe. - Chase Sherman to fight Josh Parisian at UFC Vegas 64 on November 5th (per Nolan King) An official announcement is expected to be made early next week by Perth Tourism Minister, Roger Cook. - Stephen Thompson to fight Kevin Holland at UFC Orlando on December 3rd (per Kevin Holland/UFC announcement) - Yazmin Jauregui to fight Istela Nunes at UFC Orlando on December 3rd (per UFC announcement)
West Australian tourism minister Roger Cook and current pound-for-pound king Alexander Volkanovski are set to make the official announcement for the event next ...
Former rivals Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno will meet in the octagon for a fourth time as part of the event's main attraction. The American mixed martial arts promotion has scheduled two overseas events in the near future. UFC 284 is expected to be hosted in Perth on 12 February. [Tapology](https://www.tapology.com/search/mma-event-figures/ppv-pay-per-view-buys-buyrate?page=2), the fight card only brought in 130,000 pay-per-view buys. [UFC 221](https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/the-best-and-worst-from-ufc-221/2), headlined by middleweight clash between former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and former title challenger Yoel Romero, was the last event held in Western Australia by the American MMA promotion. [Alexander Volkanovski](https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/alexander-volkanovski) are set to make the official announcement for the event next Tuesday.