When Robert Whittaker, the former middleweight champion, made the walk to the Octagon on July 8 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to face Dricus Du Plessis in the co-main event of UFC 290, a legitimate argument could have been made that Whittaker belonged in the MMA pound-for-pound Top 10. He was that good.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 08: UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya faces off against Dricus Du Plessis of South Africa during the UFC 290 event at T-Mobile Arena on July 08, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. When Robert Whittaker, the former middleweight champion, made the walk to the Octagon on July 8 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to face Dricus Du Plessis in the co-main event of, a legitimate argument could have been made that Whittaker belonged in the MMA pound-for-pound Top 10.
It seemed for all the world that Du Plessis would be facing Adesanya for the middleweight title Saturday in the main event of UFC 293 in Sydney, Australia. "Going into this, I knew; I knew what this week was going to be like," White said Tuesday at the"Contender Series" post-fight news conference."Yes, we were prepared for it and yes, we have people around him now, so he won’t be punching people in the stomach any more, whether for fun or not for fun."
"You know how much I love guys who turn down fights," White said, sarcastically, when asked if Du Plessis would get the next shot."I don’t know. We’ll see what happens Saturday and then we’ll go from there." But if Adesanya, as expected, defeats Strickland, we're looking at an Adesanya-Chimaev bout next year if Chimaev beats Costa. That would be a huge match that could be put on UFC 300, which is slated to occur early in 2024.
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