Fight enthusiasts and analysts had hoped that Adesanya would go in this manner.
Regarding his boxing career, Israel Adesanya has provided a detailed update.
The former middleweight champion of the UFC has not been doing well lately. In the main event of UFC 293 he lost the 185-pound belt to Sean Strickland in a major upset. Then, he entered a guilty plea to drunk driving in New Zealand. The Strickland bout was only a few weeks prior to the event.
There was much conjecture over the future of “The Last Stylebender.” It appeared as though a rematch with Strickland or perhaps a grudge bout with Dricus du Plessis was possible. After UFC CEO Dana White informed Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports that the victor of the co-main event of UFC 294 between Khamzat Chimaev and Kamaru Usman—a late replacement opponent—will get a crack at the UFC Middleweight Championship, fight fans were left with even more questions.
