Trash talk dominates ahead of Du Plessis vs Adesanya at UFC 305

Several Australian fighters will feature on the UFC 305 card at Perth's RAC Arena on Sunday as Dricus Du Plessis defends his middleweight title against two-time former champ Israel Adesanya in the main event.

The co-main event will see Aussie flyweight Steve Erceg take on New Zealander Kai-Kara-France, while No.10 ranked heavyweight star Tai Tuivasa will face Jairzinho Rozenstruik.

Rising Aussie in the heavyweight division Junior Tafa, will headline the prelims against Brazilian striker Valter Walker.

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Aussie Josh Culibao will face Ricardo Ramos in the featherweights, female flyweight fighter Casey O'Neill, currently ranked 15th squares off against Luana Santos and Jack Jenkins will take on Brazilian Herbert Burns in what is expected to be a challenging featherweight clash.

As for the main event, Du Plessis (21-2) is on a nine-fight win streak, most recently a split decision over Sean Strickland in January to win the middleweight belt.

Adesanya (24-3) has not fought since losing his title to Strickland by unanimous decision last September. This fight has been brewing since Adesanya confronted Du Plessis in the cage at UFC 290, kicking off a series of verbal jabs from both men that at times has become quite nasty.

A couple of days out from the fight, Du Plessis, who admitted to being tasered by his coach during training sessions for making mistakes, alleged Adesanya was trying to get into his head by searching for an image of his penis online.

Adesanya posted a pic of himself next to Du Plessis in basically their underwear, circling the genitalia of both men, referencing Du Plessis' comments of being the "real African champion".

"Israel, stop searching for my willy on the internet. It's weird, it's very freaking weird man," Du Plessis responded.

Here's everything you need to know:

How to watch?

You can watch UFC 305 on Kayo or Main Event on Foxtel.

You can watch preliminaries on Kayo but the main card is a pay-per-view event which will cost $59.95.

When is UFC 305?

UFC 305 takes place on Sunday 18 August at RAC Arena in Perth.

What time does UFC 305 start?

The early prelims start at 8.30am AEST Sunday morning.

The prelims will follow from 10am before the main card at 12pm.

Du Plessis and Adesanya are expected to make their walk to the octagon just after 2pm.

UFC 305 fight card

Israel Adesanya vs. Dricus du Plessis (c), middleweight title

Steve Erceg vs. Kai Kara-France, flyweights

Mateusz Gamrot vs. Dan Hooker, lightweights

Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Tai Tuivasa, heavyweights

Carlos Prates vs. Li Jingliang, welterweights

Prelims (from 10am AEST)

Junior Tafa vs. Valter Walker, heavyweights

Josh Culibao vs. Ricardo Ramos, featherweights

Terez Bleda vs. Casey O'Neill, women's flyweights

Jack Jenkins vs. Herbert Burns, featherweights

Early prelims (from 8.30am AEST)

Tom Nolan vs. Alex Reyes, lightweights

Song Kenan vs. Ricky Glenn, welterweights

Stewart Nicoll vs. Jesus Aguilar, flyweights

UFC 305 betting odds

(TAB)

Main card

Du Plessis v Adesanya

Dricus du Plessis $1.95 to win, $3.75 to win via KO/TKO, $5.00 via decision, $6.50 via submission

Israel Adesanya $1.85 to win, $4.00 to win via KO/TKO, $3.25 via decision, $29 via submission

Kara-France v Erceg

Kai Kara-France $2.30 to win, $6.00 to win via KO/TKO, $3.50 via decision, $26 via submission

Steve Erceg $1.58 to win, $8.00 to win via KO/TKO, $2.25 via decision, $8.00 via submission

Hooker v Gamrot

Dan Hooker $3.50 to win, $9.00 to win via KO/TKO, $6.00 via decision, $21 via submission

Mateusz Gamrot $1.30 to win, $9.00 to win via KO/TKO, $1.65 via decision, $5.50 via submission

Tuivasa v Rozenstruik

Tai Tuivasa $2.65 to win, $3.50 to win via KO/TKO, $10 via decision, $34 via submission

Jairzinho Rozenstruik $1.48 to win, $1.70 to win via KO/TKO, $8.00 via decision, $21 via submission

Jingliang v Prates

Li Jingliang $3.25 to win, $8.00 to win via KO/TKO, $6.50 via decision, $21 via submission

Carlos Prates $1.34 to win, $1.90 to win via KO/TKO, $3.75 via decision, $13 via submission