.Aug 12, 2024, 10:00 AM ETThere's something unique about a combined martial arts event Down Under.Maybe it's the moment warp a N. American enthusiast experiences while checking out fights on TV on a Saturday night and also understanding that they are actually happening the following morning, local time. That's about as disorienting as being cageside in Australia and also understanding that enthusiasts halfway around the world are actually checking out the fisticuffs reside ... last night.Or maybe it is actually one thing else that creates checking out MMA battles in Australia experience thus offbeat. Possibly it is actually the fights themselves, which commonly have several vociferation factors fastened. Anyone adhering to the sport for numerous years has actually experienced the truth twists that can rise coming from cage fights within this section of the Southern Hemisphere.Mark Pursuit as well as Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva delivered a profession's well worth of heavyweight harm on each other during the course of one memorable night in Brisbane in 2013. A record-setting evening (morning?) in Sydney a year later, along with 11 fights and 11 coatings. And, certainly, Holly Holm kicking Ronda Rousey off her high horse at UFC 193 in 2015 in Melbourne. That occasion established a business attendance document that stood till the Octagon was actually reminded Melbourne in 2019 and 57,127 filled Wonder Stadium to check out Israel Adesanya knock senseless Robert Whittaker and also become middleweight champion.When the eight-sided crate come back to Australia on Sunday, the past two-time champ will certainly test Dricus Du Plessis generally activity of UFC 305 in Perth. On the line will definitely be actually not only a shiny strap but the pride of a continent 5,000 miles away, as both competitors are actually embeded in Africa, though along with much different lifestyle experiences.That's the origin of only among a number of fascinating stories that will definitely participate in out this weekend break. Here are five traits to expect at UFC 305. Who will win over the home on a far-off shore? 1. Middleweight championship: Dricus Du Plessis (c) vs. Israel AdesanyaIsrael Adesanya conflict Dricus Du Plessis generally occasion at UFC 305. Photo through Will Russell/Zuffa LLCSaturday's centerpiece resides in Western Australia, although the sensitive turf battle is actually linked to a land on the much edge of the Indian Ocean. Du Plessis was actually birthed as well as still resides in South Africa. Adesanya was actually born in Nigeria and moved along with his family to New Zealand when he was one decade aged. Because of those dissimilar life roads, Du Plessis the moment proclaimed, "I am the African boxer in the UFC." That did not agree with Adesanya, who has stated his family members emigrated searching for academic opportunities.Editor's Picks1 RelatedIf there is actually an animosity included in the presently towering risks, therefore be it. It is actually certainly not a necessary active ingredient to create this an intriguing fight, yet let's certainly not forget that the last time Adesanya resided in an animosity-fueled matchup, he styled on Paulo Costa just before knocking him out in 2020. His one KO since then came versus Alex Pereira last year, five months after Pereira had KO 'd him. So "The Last Stylebender" has revealed a thirst for the get-back, specifically versus powerful assailants. Can Adesanya's counterpunching quit the quick power of Du Plessis, that possesses bulldozed his way to nine success in a row?Which restoring task will stand tall? 2. Guy's flyweight: Kai Kara-France vs. Steve ErcegThe initially 2 opportunities Kara-France competed in the UFC, the fights took place in Australia as well as he was actually kind of the nearby individual. He's really coming from New Zealand, 1,300 kilometers all over the Tasman Sea, but his rivals were from the other side of the planet, the USA as well as Brazil. This moment, though, it is actually an away game for Kara-France, as Erceg was birthed in Perth and also resides 20 mins coming from RAC Arena. Erceg has actually battled in his home town 6 times, however all prior to his finalizing along with the UFC final summer months. He is actually brought in just four excursions inside the Octagon as well as presently has contended for the 125-pound title.That final aspect highlights how this match, like the centerpiece, concerns greater than geographics. Erceg, 29, was actually using an 11-fight winning streak when he unsuccessfully tested Alexandre Pantoja in May. Kara-France, 31, tried for an interim waistband in 2022, dropping by TKO to ex-champ Brandon Moreno. Each Kara-France and Erceg remain in restoring mode. A loss here would certainly not be actually the end of the street towards contender standing, yet it could deliver that boxer on a dissuading detour.Can we all only enjoy an opening great time? 3. Big-time: Tai Tuivasa vs. Jairzinho RozenstruikTai Tuivasa tries to end a four-fight losing touch at UFC 305 on Saturday evening. Photograph by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC by means of Getty ImagesI feel regretful for nurturing Tuivasa battles as much as I perform. Certain, I really like checking out a finely tuned athlete show off technological fight capabilities in giving damage and also stopping what an opponent can toss their means. That's the combined martial arts I fit being actually a fan of. Yet I simply can not avert coming from a slobber knocker, which is what Tuivasa always promises.Top stories of the full week coming from Acquire exclusive access to hundreds of superior short articles a year from top writers. u2022 MLB prophecies: Will Judge attacked 60 HRs? "u2022 Barnwell: NFL playoff crews to come back "u2022 Final CFB preseason SP+ ranks" More ESPN+ content ".What the Aussie can certainly not consistently guarantee, obviously, is his fantastically disgusting postfight festivity, the shoey. The draft beer and shoes appear just in success, as well as Tuivasa has actually dropped 4 battles in a row. However listed below's something worthy of celebrating, also before the very first haymaker is flung through these heavy-handed top cats: the matchmaking. Rozenstruik can turn for the fencings like Tuivasa, thus this one should be exciting while it lasts.Will this degree change be successful? 4. Lightweight: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Dan HookerI was actually starting to receive tense for Woman of the streets-- similar to the nerves of seeing Tony Ferguson complete at 40 years of ages. Courtesan is actually merely 34 and his skid had not been pretty as sad, but during a stretch from June 2020 through March 2022, he lost four of 5 matches, obtaining finished in all however some of the reductions. It should be actually kept in mind that those defeats came against Islam Makhachev, Dustin Poirier, Michael Chandler and Arnold Allen-- not a tomato can easily amongst them. And Concubine has actually considering that bounced back along with a set of triumphes over challengers a measure lower on the ladder (Jalin Turner, Claudio Puelles). The trouble for Whore is that this battle places him right back on top amount of competition. Gamrot has actually gained 7 of eight battles as well as is on the fringe of the label photo. Will he be actually a lot of for Concubine, or even will Gamrot get nudged away from the frame?One fighter's ceiling is another boxer's ... roof? 5. Female's flyweight: Casey O'Neill vs. Luana SantosO'Neill was 9-0 after she won her 4th direct UFC battle in very early 2022, as well as observers were starting to speculate on where her ceiling was actually. Today she performs a two-fight skid, as well as the uncertainty issues just how much her falloff could be. On the other hand, Santos is actually three fights into her UFC round, riding a five-fight winning streak as well as seeming like a climbing prospect. This is actually an ideal test for both women, a degree setter. O'Neill is 26 years of ages, while Santos is simply 24. So their storyline might weave for years.