Israel Adesanya confirmed that he will face Dricus Du Plessis in a middleweight title bout at UFC 305 on 17 August in Perth.
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has claimed that he is prepared to fight Dricus du Plessis in South Africa. Images: UFC/EFCDu Plessis snatched the title from Strickland after a brutal and attritional fight at UFC 297 that ended in a split decision victoryThere isn’t a fixed time for the bout between Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya. However, if the undercard doesn’t run long it should get underway at around 06:30 on Sunday 18 August.
In a message alongside a graphic which fired back at Du Plessis’ claims that he stole Adesanya’s shine, the fighter wrote: “The SUN of Africa is the same sun that lights up our planet.The SUN of Africa is the same sun that lights up our planet.Adesanya has won the middleweight title in the UFC twice. He successfully defended the championship five times against Yoel Romero, Paulo Costa, Marvin Vettori, Robert Whittaker, and Jared Cannonier during his first title reign.
Du Plessis has not fought since January, pulling out of a proposed fight at UFC 300 as he nursed an injury following his brutal war with Strickland. ‘I’m a proudly South African deaf woman, I know what it’s like to be excluded’: South Africans can’t get over Miss SA, Mia le Roux’s speech.
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