{"id":19456,"date":"2019-10-11T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=19456"},"modified":"2019-10-11T07:00:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T07:00:34","slug":"ufc-243-thrill-and-agony-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=19456","title":{"rendered":"UFC 243 \u2018Thrill And Agony\u2019 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After all was said and done at the UFC 243 pay-per-view (PPV) event &#8212; which went down on Sat., Oct. 5, 2019 inside Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, &#8212; there was plenty of &ldquo;Thrill and Agony&rdquo; to go around.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"That&rsquo;s A Wrap!\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/7\/20902368\/ufc-243-results-recap-link-wrap-up-adesanya-stops-whittaker-hooker-outlasts-iaquinta-mma\"},{\"title\":\"UFC 243 Bonuses! Adesanya Banks $50K For KO Finish\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/6\/20900296\/official-ufc-243-bonus-winners-whittaker-adesanya-results-espn-ppv-melbourne-knockout-title-mma\"},{\"title\":\"Creepy Costa Wants To Murder Adesanya\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/6\/20901015\/ufc-243-results-creepy-paulo-costa-accepts-israel-adesanya-callout-he-can-die-sure-whittaker-mma\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sharing in the obvious joy was Israel Adesanya, who knocked out Robert Whittaker to become the undisputed Middleweight champion of the world in truly impressive fashion (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/6\/20900264\/ufc-243-full-fight-video-highlights-whittaker-adesanya-espn-mma-ppv-results-stream-knockout\">see it again here<\/a>). Making the victory a bit sweeter was watching his family erupt in celebration afterward.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"Reebok Dished Out Champ Cash Twice For UFC 243\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/6\/20902033\/ufc-243-promotional-compliance-pay-main-event-makes-bank-everyone-else-not-so-much\"},{\"title\":\"Whittaker On Adesanya: &lsquo;I Can Beat Him&rsquo;\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/6\/20901134\/ufc-243-whittaker-still-thinks-he-can-beat-adesanya\"},{\"title\":\"UFC 243&rsquo;s Biggest Winners, Losers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/6\/20900924\/ufc-243-results-biggest-winners-losers-robert-whittaker-israel-adesanya-tai-tuivasa-melbourne-mma\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Also sharing in the elation of victory was Dan Hooker, who picked up a huge win against Al Iaquinta (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/6\/20900797\/ufc-243-results-dan-hooker-al-iaquinta-fight-lightweight-decision-melbourne-mma\">recap<\/a>).  On the flip side of the coin, Whittaker was in obvious agony after losing his 185-pound title to &ldquo;The Last Stylebender&rdquo; in front of his hometown crowd. That said, he did share a beautiful moment with his supporting wife shortly after getting back to his feet. <\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"Poirier Turns Down Hooker: &lsquo;I&rsquo;m Fighting The Irishman Next&rsquo;\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/6\/20901467\/ufc-243-dan-hooker-call-out-dustin-poirier-conor-mcgregor-chase-leprechauns\"},{\"title\":\"Matches To Make After UFC 243 \",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/6\/20900985\/ufc-243-results-next-matches-make-whittaker-adesanya-main-card-winners-mma\"},{\"title\":\"Adesanya Wants To Shut Up The Casuals And Costa Next\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/6\/20901696\/israel-adesanya-wants-to-shut-up-the-dumb-casuals-by-wrecking-beefcake-paulo-costa\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Plus, Iaquinta was obviously bummed after getting outclassed by &ldquo;The Hangman.&rdquo; That said, it didn&rsquo;t stop him from giving Hooker his props backstage. At the end of the day, it was a great night of fights that ushered in a new championship era for Adesanya, while upping the stock of a surging 155-pound contender. <\/p>\n<p><strong>For complete UFC 243 results and coverage click <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/2\/20895572\/ufc-243-live-stream-results-robert-whittaker-vs-israel-adesanya-play-by-play-updates-melbourne-mma\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><ins class=\"adbladeads\" data-cid=\"25014-4024605408\" data-host=\"web.adblade.com\" data-tag-type=\"4\" style=\"display:none\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/web.adblade.com\/js\/ads\/async\/show.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After all was said and done at the UFC 243 pay-per-view (PPV) event &#8212; which went down on Sat., Oct. 5, 2019 inside Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, &#8212; there was plenty of &ldquo;Thrill and Agony&rdquo; to go around. Sharing in the obvious joy was Israel Adesanya, who knocked out Robert Whittaker to become the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}