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Harry Davies

Israel Adesanya could make huge jump to heavyweight later in UFC career

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UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has left the door open for an eventual move up to heavyweight.

Adesanya, 33, has never fought at heavyweight in MMA and is set to make the sixth defence of his 185lb title against Alex Pereira at UFC 281 in November. 'The Last Stylebender' did move up to light-heavyweight to challenge then-champion Jan Blachowicz last year, but came up short as he suffered his first and only UFC loss.

The Nigeria-born New Zealander has competed at heavyweight before in kickboxing, winning a King in the Ring tournament seven years ago in his home country. Adesanya's manager, Tim Simpson, revealed he wants to move back to light-heavyweight and could even make his heavyweight debut in the UFC after clearing out the 185lb division.

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