(Picture : Mark Evans/Getty Pictures) SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Sean Strickland of United States trades punches with Israel Adesanya of Nigeria in the course of the UFC 293 occasion at Qudos Financial institution Area.
UFC President Dana White has been recognized to initially blurt out issues stemming from the warmth of the second, and it seems he’s backtracking a bit so far as a possible rematch between Sean Strickland and Israel Adesanya is worried.
Strickland shocked now-former middleweight champion Adesanya by way of choice at UFC 293 at Qudos Financial institution Area in Sydney final weekend, and the UFC prime brass talked about within the post-fight convention {that a} rematch between the 2 gladiators is feasible by way of MMA Mania.
Nevertheless, the 54-year-old govt is now clarifying his feedback, particularly after a number of personalities query the transfer of giving the 34-year-old deposed champion a second crack at Strickland.
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This stems from the truth that different fighters might make sense so far as Strickland’s subsequent opponent is worried. That checklist contains Dricus Du Plessis and Jared Cannonier, amongst others, MMA Junkie reported.
“By no means as soon as did I say, ‘Sure, we will f*cking do that rematch.’ I mentioned, ‘Yeah, rematch sounds – you realize, we’ll see what occurs.’ There’s clearly numerous choices on the market, and we’ll see what occurs. However, sure, I am nonetheless not against an Israel rematch. We’ll see the way it goes,” White quipped.
Strickland-Adesanya rematch criticized
Nevertheless, there are these against the concept of seeing a Strickland vs. Adesanya rematch. One among them is Henry Cejudo.
“My query is for you, Israel: Is it sensible so that you can take a battle towards a man like Sean Strickland? Is Sean Strickland the man to return again after being dominated in a five-round battle? I did not see that spark in him. It was a visit. It isn’t like Sean Strickland even did something particular both. He fought him the way in which he fought everyone else, and he was in a position to win,” the previous UFC flyweight and bantamweight champion mentioned on his YouTube channel.
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