UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has a date in mind for his next title defense, and he wants to keep it.
The promotion would also like Adesanya to headline the upcoming UFC 293 pay-per-view event in Sydney, but the problem may be selecting the correct opponent.
Despite the extremely heated exchange between Adesanya and Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290, Adesanya has reason to believe his potential opponent won’t be available for that date, and in an expletive-filled video posted to social media, “The Last Stylebender” said that Sean Strickland was up next instead.
Has Strickland done enough to earn a title shot or is Du Plessis the best option instead, and one worth waiting for later in the year?
What if Adesanya isn’t on the card at all? How much of a blow would that be for ticket sales near his home in New Zealand? Our “Spinning Back Clique” panel of Danny Segura, Farah Hannoun and Brian “Goze” Garcia answer these questions with host “Gorgeous” George Garcia.
You can watch the segment in the video above, as well as this week’s full episode below.
