LIVE: Adesanya storms octagon for fiery face-off

We've got the archetypal of 2 rubric fights up adjacent successful Las Vegas!

Brandon Moreno and Alexandre Pantoja making their entrances present arsenic they hole to bash conflict for the flyweight rubric successful tonight's co-main event.

Israel Adesanya is successful the octagon!

The Kiwi/Nigerian prima faces disconnected with Dricus Du Plessis aft the South African's immense triumph implicit Robert Whittaker and there's nary emotion mislaid betwixt the pair.

What a combat that's going to be.

Dricus Du Plessis ends Robert Whittaker wrong 2 rounds!

Du Plessis has his changeable against Israel Adesanya adjacent and helium attracts a immense staredown from the champ.

He's besides got a handshake from Donald Trump and Dana White.

It was a consecutive close manus that got Whittaker staggering.

"You don't spot this hap to Whittaker precise often. He goes down rarely," Daniel Cormier says.

What a decorativeness from Dricus Du Plessis to extremity the archetypal round!

He gets Whittaker connected the canvas and unleashes with a drawstring of beardown elbows and the Aussie is chopped up supra his close eyebrow.

That'll get the judges' attention. It was a brutal elbow that chopped Whittaker open.

South Africa's Dricus Du Plessis and Australia's Robert Whittaker entering the octagon present successful a No.1 contenders fight.

UFC sideline newsman Megan Olivi saying the South African is treating this 1 arsenic his "championship fight".

Whittaker volition person to beryllium connected it close away.

Dan Hooker prevails with a divided determination triumph successful a combat declared an "absolute war" by Joe Rogan.

Hooker might've adjacent breached his limb during that one, but someway prevails against Jalin Turner. He describes it "just a scratch", but it could beryllium overmuch more.

"All humor and guts, literally," says Rogan.

"They accidental pugnacious times don't last, Dan Hooker does," says the Kiwi with humor inactive streaming from his look and his blonde hairsbreadth is reddish coloured owed to his bleeding.

What a fight! 

WHAT A ROUND!

Jalin Turner started it close connected apical and divided Dan Hooker unfastened with a superb footwear and looked to beryllium close connected top.

"I cannot judge Dan Hooker took that shot. That footwear landed perfect," Daniel Cormier says connected commentary.

But Hooker stuns the American by finishing the circular successful sensational manner and Turner is saved by the doorbell arsenic Hooker went for a submission hold.

All the momentum successful the Kiwi's favour present adjacent though his look is covered with blood!

First circular successful the books betwixt Turner and Hooker and there's been plentifulness of action!

Both men person stayed connected their feet truthful acold successful this one, but Turner's had the much important blows of the two.

He's landed immoderate terrific kicks to Hooker's assemblage arsenic good arsenic immoderate shots up top. Hooker holding up good truthful acold though.