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On the fourth episode of UFC 305 Embedded, Tai Tuivasa and Steve Erceg get their rugby on, the City Kickboxing crew — Israel Adesanya, Dan Hooker, and Kai Kara-France — train with Australian footballers, UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis readies for his first title defense, Jairzinho Rozenstruik checks out the local sights, and more.

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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will hold a special pre-fight press conference for select athletes competing at the upcoming UFC 305 pay-per-view (PPV) event, headlined by the five-round title fight pitting reigning middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis opposite former division titleholder Israel Adesanya inside RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia.

Tonight’s UFC 305 press conference stream gets underway promptly at 4 a.m. ET, LIVE in the embedded video above (Thurs. night into Fri. morning). In addition to Du Plessis and Adesanya, today’s media festivities will also feature appearances from flyweight co-headliners Kai Kara-France and Steve Erceg, as well as Mateusz Gamrot and Dan Hooker, among others.

“We revamped the whole training system we’re doing in our gym, and it’s made everything fresh,” Adesanya told UFC.com. “We even have de-load weeks now. Crazy. We’ve never had that before. I come back from that fresh, smashing the next four weeks. It’s been fun. This has been a really different perspective for me. Maturity happens for me in different stages and the last 11 months I’ve grown a lot in many different ways. This is probably one of the best — if not the best — camps I’ve ever had.”

We’ll find out if it pays off this Sat. night (Aug. 17) on ESPN+ PPV.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 305 fight card RIGHT HERE, starting with the early ESPN+ “Prelims” matches at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining undercard balance on ESPN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV.

To check out the latest and greatest UFC 305: “Du Plessis vs. Adesanya” news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive right here. For the updated and finalized UFC 305 fight card and PPV lineup click here.

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PERTH — Tai Tuivasa previews his UFC 305 fight against Jairzinho Rozenstruik, reflects on sparring UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira, and much more.

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Aljamain Sterling has broken his silence regarding the recent accusations levied against fighter-turned-manager Tiki Ghosn.

Earlier this week, former middleweight titleholder Sean Strickland dropped a bombshell on social media, claiming that an unidentified woman has accused Ghosn of abusing her. Few other details have emerged, but Strickland has doubled down on the accusation, claiming that other women have reached out to him with their own claims.

“I have received a couple messages from girls who are very credible. Really bad,” Strickland wrote following his initial accusation. “Worse than I thought If they want to stay in the shadows I will respect that But I am going to ask them if I can share their messages with the UFC Tiki you don’t deserve the life you have….”

Ghosn, who operates Arsenal Sports Agency, has and continues to work with some of the biggest names in MMA, including Dustin Poirier and Chael Sonnen. Ghosn also represents former bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling who recently offered a response to the accusations after being inundated with inquiries online.

“I’m receiving a lot of messages on social media regarding my management,” Sterling wrote on X. “I can 100% confirm that I learned of the accusations this week. I don’t have all the information but this is not a reflection of me, in any form.”

Neither Ghosn nor Arsenal Sports Agency have responded to the accusations.

Aljamain Sterling focused on his return to the octagon in October

After climbing to the top of the mountain at 135, Sterling made the move to featherweight at UFC 300, earning a dominant victory over Calvin Kattar. Next, the ‘Funk Master’ will meet No. 6 ranked contender Movsar Evloev at UFC 307 in October.

With a win, Sterling could very well be the next man in line for a shot at the weight class’ top dog, Ilia Topuria.

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