UFC 293, Adesanya vs. Strickland -- watch, stream, predictions - ESPN

Israel Adesanya will be making the first title defense of his second reign with the middleweight championship when he faces Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC 293 on Saturday in Sydney.

The main card at Qudos Bank Arena will be onESPN+ pay-per-view starting at 10 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN News and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. and early prelims on ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m.

Adesanya (24-2) regained the 185-pound title in April with a second-round knockout of Alex Pereira, who had dethroned him five months earlier. Adesanya is No. 4 in the ESPN pound-for-pound men's rankings.

Strickland (27-5) has won two fights in a row and eight of his last 10. He is No. 8 in the ESPN middleweight rankings.

What are the storylines behind the top fights at UFC 293 — including a heavyweight scrap featuring the King of the Shoey, Tai Tuivasa? How are experts breaking them down? What do the fighters have to say? Here is the fight card, how to watch it and a collection of all of the UFC 293 essentials.

ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET
Middleweight: Israel Adesanya © vs. Sean Strickland
Heavyweight: Tai Tuivasa vs. Alexander Volkov
Men's flyweight: Manel Kape vs. Felipe dos Santos
Heavyweight: Justin Tafa vs. Austen Lane
Light heavyweight: Tyson Pedro vs. Anton Turkalj
ESPN News/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET
Light heavyweight: Carlos Ulberg vs. Da Woon Jung
Men's featherweight: Jack Jenkins vs. Chepe Mariscal
Lightweight: Jamie Mullarkey vs. John Makdessi
Lightweight: Nasrat Haqparast vs. Landon Quiñones
ESPN+, 6:30 p.m.
Welterweight: Mike Mathetha vs. Charlie Radtke
Men's featherweight: Shane Young vs. Gabriel Miranda
Welterweight: Kevin Jousset vs. Kiefer Crosbie
© = defending champion

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Watch the prelims on ESPN News