The first objective for du Plessis is to win the belt. Once he does, he wants a fight against former champ—and UFC icon—Israel Adesanya. When du Plessis defeated Robert Whittaker this past summer, all ...

Israel Adesanya gave his prediction for the UFC 309 main event between heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former two-time ...

It had a massive picture of the UFC champion on it – but eagle-eyed fans spotted that it had two smaller images of Adesanya and Strickland too. Both men are crying from the comments du Plessis m ...

Israel Adesanya is expecting this weekend's UFC 309 curtain-closer between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic to reach a conclusion ...

Middleweight champion Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) was angling to run things back with Sean Strickland for his next title ...

Before the UFC-WEC merger, Dominick Cruz was the WEC Bantamweight Champion. At WEC 53, Cruz defeated Scott Jorgensen to retain the WEC Bantamweight Championship and was simultaneously awarded the ...

Undefeated UFC star Khamzat Chimaev fancies a potential super fight with former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya as he faces Robert Whittaker on Saturday (today). Speaking in a recent ...

Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has hailed Francis Ngannou as the best heavyweight fighter in the world following his knockout victory over Renan Ferreira at PFL Super Fights ...

Although Pereira was stopped by Adesanya in a rematch in 2023, he bounced back with a swift move up to light-heavyweight, where he outpointed former champion Jan Blachowicz. Then, at UFC 303 ...

Khamzat Chimaev seems on the verge of a title shot at UFC 308. But as UFC's next big ... told CBS Sports ahead of his fight against Israel Adesanya in August. "Strickland says he's going to ...

UFC champion.” That was who he was to the world. So when he lost the title to Israel Adesanya via second-round knockout in 2019, it was almost like an identity crisis. “It really pushed me ...