Former champion title holder UFC middleweight (up to 84 kg) Nigerian Israel Adesanya announced his desire to fight with the undefeated fighter of the division Khamzat ChimaevSports.kz reports with reference to Championat.com.
“I was surprised by how Khamzat ran over Rob [Уиттакера]. Real madness, incredible. This immediately made me want to fight him. I thought, “Damn, this guy is really good!” Adesanya said on his YouTube channel.
In his last fight at UFC 305, Adesanya lost by TKO to the current division champion, South African Dricus du Plessis.
On February 1 at UFC Fight Night in Saudi Arabia, the Nigerian will fight with the Frenchman of Dagestani origin Nassourdin…
