Sydney, Oct. 6 (Xinhua/ UNB) -- Nigerian-born New Zealander Israel 'The Last Stylebender' Adesanya has unified the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight world championship on Sunday in Melbourne at Marvel Stadium, with a dramatic knock-out victory over Australia's Robert 'The Reaper' Whittaker.

Melbourne, Oct 6 (AP/UNB) — Interim champion Israel Adesanya has dethroned UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker with a stunning knockout in the second round of their highly anticipated 185-pound unification bout which headlined UFC 243 at Melbourne's Docklands Stadium on Saturday.