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UFC 253 Results: Adesanya vs. Costa

Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa
Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa will clash in the UFC 253 main event Saturday night.
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC

MMA Fighting has UFC 253 results for the Adesanya vs. Costa fight card Saturday night from the Flash Forum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, live blogs of the main card fights and live UFC 253 Twitter updates.

In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will defend his title against Paulo Costa.

Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz will square off for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title.

Get UFC 253 results below.

Main Card

Israel Adesanya def. Paulo Costa via second-round TKO (3:59) (live blog) | Highlights

Jan Blachowicz def. Dominick Reyes via second-round TKO (4:36) (live blog) | Highlights

Brandon Royval def. Kai Kara-France via sub (guillotine) (R2, 0:48) (live blog)

Ketlen Vieira def. Sijara Eubanks via unanimous decision (live blog)

Hakeem Dawodu def. Zubaira Tukhugov via split decision (live blog)

Preliminary Card

Brad Riddell def. Alex da Silva Coelho via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Jake Matthews def. Diego Sanchez via unanimous decision (30-26 x3)

Ludovit Klein def. Shane Young via first-round KO (1:16) | Watch finish

William Knight def. Aleksa Camur via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27 x2)

Juan Espino def. Jeff Hughes via submission (scarf hold) (R1, 3:48) | Watch finish

Danilo Marques def. Khadis Ibragimov via UD (29-28 x2, 30-27)

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