UFC 243 fight card: Whittaker vs. Adesanya
Middleweight Israel Adesanya defeated Derek Brunson by TKO during the second round of their fight at UFC 230 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, on Nov. 3, 2018. Credit: Newsday/Jeffrey Basinger
Event: UFC 243
Date: Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Venue: Marvel Stadium
UFC 243 main card, 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+
Middleweight title unification bout: Champion Robert Whittaker vs. interim champion Israel Adesanya
Lightweight: Al Iaquinta vs. Dan Hooker
Heavyweight: Tai Tuivasa vs. Serghei Spivac
Welterweight: Luke Jumeau vs. Dhiego Lima
Heavyweight: Justin Tafa vs. Yorgan De Castro
UFC 243 prelims, 8 p.m. on ESPN
Welterweight: Jake Matthews vs. Rostem Akman
Welterweight: Callan Potter vs. Maki Pitolo
Women's featherweight: Megan Anderson vs. Zarah Fairn Dos Santos
Lightweight: Jamie Mullarkey vs. Brad Riddell
UFC 243 early prelims, 6:15 p.m. on UFC Fight Pass
Women's Flyweight: Nadia Kassem vs. Ji Yeon Kim
Bantamweight: Khalid Taha vs. Bruno Silva
Mark La Monica is the deputy sports editor for cross-media at Newsday. He also covers mixed martial arts.