If Khamzat Chimaev can get previous Robert Whittaker this summer season, a combat with former two-time middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya could also be in his future.
On Saturday, June 22, ‘Borz’ will face his first true take a look at at 185 when he meets one of many division’s most revered ex-champions. The Reaper’ is contemporary off a giant win over Paulo Costa at UFC 298 and is doubtlessly one W away from one other crack on the middleweight crown.
Talking with Ariel Helwani on a current episode of The MMA Hour, ‘The Final Stylebender’ declared that if Chimaev gives up a powerful exhibiting towards Whittaker, He is perhaps enticed to signal on the dotted line for a showdown with the undefeated Chechen monster.
“If Khamzat [Chimaev] beats Rob [Whittaker], I need to take a look at that,” Adesanya mentioned.
In fact, Khamzat Chimaev isn’t the one middleweight on Adesanya’s radar. The New Zealander nonetheless intends on settling the rating with the person who took his 185-pound strap in September — Sean Strickland.
“I’m gonna get Strickland once more,” Adesanya added. “Positively gonna get him once more.“
Above all, Israel Adesanya has some enterprise to deal with with Dricus Du Plessis
Earlier than Israel Adesanya handles enterprise with Chimaev and Strickland, he’ll be tasked with taking out South African famous person and reigning middleweight champ, Dricus Du Plessis.
DDP and the ‘Stylebender’ seemed to be on a collision course ever since an uncomfortable staredown following Du Plessis’ win over Robert Whittaker at UFC 290.
Nevertheless, these plans have been dashed when Strickland delivered a dominant efficiency towards Adesanya to win the middleweight title at UFC 293 in September. Since then, Strickland has surrendered the belt to DDP, as soon as once more placing the Du Plessis and Adesanya on a path of destruction.
When and the place Du Plessis vs. Adesanya goes down is but to be decided, however with Chimaev vs. Whittaker and now Strickland vs. Costa anticipated to go down over the subsequent couple of months, issues are going to get very attention-grabbing on the high of a loaded middleweight division.
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