The gator will be staying in the swamp for a little while longer.
This past Tuesday the news broke that Israel Adesanya will face Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236 for the interim middleweight championship. The match up comes after Adesanya beat the returning Anderson Silva in the main event of UFC 234, a card originally set to be headlined by current 185 lb. titleholder Robert Whittaker (defending against the aforementioned Gastelum) before he pulled out last minute due to a collapsed bowel.