Middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis places his title on the road for the primary time at UFC 305 in Perth, Australia in opposition to former two-time titleholder Israel Adesanya. Du Plessis plans to win that battle and transfer on to the subsequent opponent.
Du Plessis captured the title by defeating Sean Strickland by way of break up determination at UFC 294 in January, and Strickland has been calling for a rematch for the reason that judges’ scorecards have been learn by Bruce Buffer. However Du Plessis thinks Strickland should ‘wait some time’ earlier than he fights for the title once more.
“The winner of Khamzat [Chimaev] and Robert Whittaker goes to get the title shot. That is going to occur,” Du Plessis advised SHAK MMA. “Strickland says he will wait till he will get a title shot. He will watch for fairly some time. For my part, he will watch for some time.”
Du Plessis does not actually care who he faces after Adesanya, assuming he defeats “The Final Stylebender” on Aug. 18th. Whittaker and Strickland each have stable instances to be subsequent in line, however Du Plessis believes the battle promotion desires Chimaev to battle for the championship if it had its selection.
“If Whittaker beats Khamzat, a three-fight win streak, he is 100-percent getting the title shot. The UFC has been wanting to provide Khamzat a title shot since his debut,” Du Plessis stated. “Perhaps if it is a draw, and Khamzat will nonetheless get the title shot in my view.”
“For me, it is concerning the battle the followers wish to see; which one goes to be the largest battle; which battle is the one the followers assume goes to be one of the best battle? I wish to battle one of the best man on the planet each single time,” Du Plessis continued. “Actually, it makes no distinction to me who steps in there.”
