I. Adesanya lists athletes he wants to face. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @stylebender
Despite the flashy style and eccentric posture, anyone who thinks that Israel adesanya He's a futile athlete. On the contrary, the middleweight champion (83,9kg) takes his career very seriously and, after knocking out Paulo borrachinha, UFC 253, held in Abu Dhabi, has its eye on the next challenger in the category.
In the post-show press conference, the Nigerian revealed that he would love to face Jared Cannonier and admitted that he hopes for the former heavyweight (120,2kg) to win Robert whittaker, but, if the former champion confirms his favoritism, I would also like to knock him out again in the rematch.
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“I think Cannonier will massacre Whittaker and I’m looking forward to facing him. If Cannonier beats Whittaker, he'll be next and I'm rooting for him. If Whittaker wins and wants to get knocked out again, I can do that too,” Adesanya said.
Another fighter that interests the number one middleweight is Jack hermansson. Adesanya confessed that he was impressed with how easy it was for him to win Kelvin Gastelum.
“I can face Hermansson too. I liked his victory over Gastelum and I want to show my grappling skills. I wanted to show against Paulo what a jiu-jitsu white belt can do. I still have a lot to do and I want to grow fight by fight.”
The Nigerian also did not forget to Jon Jones and guaranteed that the duel will happen sooner or later.
“I still want to screw Jones and I will. Yes, I will fight at light heavyweight or heavyweight in the future”, he concluded.
Israel adesanya He is a fighter who, despite being a champion, is usually quite active. The number one midfielder has already played twice in 2020 and wants more. It is worth remembering that, in 2018, his debut year in the UFC, the Nigerian had four fights and, in 2019, he competed in another three.
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