Video: UFC 253 Countdown To Adesanya Vs. Costa Full Episode

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The UFC 253 Countdown video is out and features a half hour worth of Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa content, plus Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz for the vacant 205 pound title.

UFC 253 is coming up fast on September 26th from Fight Island, Abu Dhabi and features the highly anticipated middleweight title showdown between Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa. It’s a fight that’s been percolating for years now as the two 185 pounders have taken multiple shots at each other through the media — shots which we’re sure you’ve seen in promos cultivating their feud for maximum promotional effect.

Now with the monuments bout just a week away, the UFC has unveiled the full UFC 253 Countdown episode to mark the occasion: forty seven and a half minutes of hype designed to separate you from your $64.99. And we gotta say, it does a pretty good job. We were already there after the promotion revealed their two minute trailers for Adesanya vs. Costa. The Countdown show takes you deeper than ever into the recent lives of “The Last Stylebender” and “Borrachinha” and their preparations for this five round championship fight.

Thirty minutes into the episode, we switch gears towards a much less publicized but extremely important match-up in the light heavyweight division: a fight for the vacant 205 pound title between Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz. Reyes is coming into this fight the uncrowned king of the division after winning a fight against Jon Jones on many fans’ scorecards, only to have the victory snatched away by Texas judges. A decision by Jones to move up to heavyweight cost Reyes an immediate rematch, but he’ll still get another chance at UFC gold against Blachowicz, who is riding a three fight win streak and is 7-1 in his last 8.

We can’t wait to see UFC 253 and share with you all the news and highlights and developments that come off the card. Make sure to tune into MMA Mania starting at 6pm on September 26th for all the play-by-play and updates you could ever want. You may not be able to see any of these fights live from Fight Island, but we’ll be doing our best to give you more access to all the content that will flow from this major card.

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