Derek Brunson is ready for a title shot.
The No. 5 ranked middleweight contender submitted Darren Till with a rear-naked choke at UFC Vegas 36 on Saturday night and earned his fifth consecutive victory in the Octagon. A fired-up Brunson went over to one of the cageside cameras immediately after to set up his next fight and said, “Israel Adesanya, boy, I ain’t working all this time for nothing, boy. You next, boy. You next!”
Brunson had been adamant about a rematch against Adesanya for quite some time. The pair previously met nearly three years ago at UFC 230, where the current champion stole the show with a first-round technical knockout over the promotional veteran.