Israel Adesanya has a major beef with Dricus Du Plessis, a fight between them would be easy to promote, and it’d be a guaranteed fresh matchup against a top contender for the UFC middleweight champion.
And yet, it’s not happening – at least not next.
Instead, UFC president Dana White and the promotional brass already have made up their mind that Du Plessis will fight former champ Robert Whittaker in a title eliminator in July at UFC 290. Meaning, if Whittaker wins, we’ll get a trilogy between him and Adesanya, who owns wins in two previous matchups, rather than a new fight.
