After knocking out Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 to claim the middleweight title, Israel Adesanya was supposed to face Paulo Costa for his first title defense. However, an injury delayed the UFC’s preferred timeline for that fight and so instead, Adesanya fought Yoel Romero at UFC 248, taking a unanimous decision win. Now, a grudge match between Adesanya and Costa is back on the menu but thus far, when that will happen has remained a mystery. Recently though, UFC commentator Joe Rogan said that he had been hearing that the delay in announcing the fight was because the UFC wanted Adesanya and Costa to host the return of The Ultimate Fighter.
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