During the broadcast of this weekend’s UFC 252, the UFC announced that it’s next pay-per-view, featuring a middleweight title fight between champion Israel Adesanya and challenger Paulo Costa, was shifting from September 19 to September 26.
The event venue is TBD, but expected to be the UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas. Previously UFC President Dana White had suggested that fight, which is Adesanya’s second defense since winning the belt from Robert Whittaker last October, would take place on the so-called ‘Fight Island’ in Abu Dhabi.
The last time we saw Adesanya in the Octagon was at UFC 248 in March, just before the COVID-19 pandemic brought live sports as we know it to a grinding halt.