“I moved up to light heavyweight, did one more fight, took some time off from all those cuts and then . are 1-1 in the middle. Nothing is fairer than doing the middleweight trilogy,” he said.
Immediately following their rematch at UFC 287, Adesanya put his rivalry with Pereira to bed. They had a brief back-and-forth on Twitter to speculate that things might not be over yet, but the 34-year-old also agreed to a third fight. “If he wins the belt at 205, I’ll do it again. But if not, I think he’s done, I’m done. Everybody else wants to see it, but we’re done, that’s life,” Adesanya said.
Adesanya was originally set to defend his title against Dricus Du Plessis, who defeated former champion Robert Whittaker at UFC 290. But according to him, the South African pulled out due to injury and Sean Strickland will now step in for UFC. 293 in September.Kindly share this story: All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.