Reigning middleweight world champion Israel Adesanya opened up about the struggles of booking his UFC 293 clash with Sean Strickland.
On September 9, the promotion will return to The Land Down Under for a stacked event in Sydney, Australia. In the main event of the evening, ‘The Last Stylebender’ defends his 185-pound crown against often outspoken and always controversial middleweight contender, Sean Strickland.
Originally, Adesanya had his sights set on squaring off with the division’s top-ranked contender Dricus Du Plessis, but ‘Stillknocks’ was unable to make the quick turnaround after his shocking second-round knockout of Robert Whittaker at UFC 290.