Israel Adesanya may be up against Sean Strickland at UFC 293 in Sydney this Sunday, but the middleweight champion is already planning his next move.
The historic UFC 300 is set to take place in 2024 and the Nigerian-born Kiwi wants to be a part of it.
โIโve been a fan of the sport for a long time. UFC 300, Iโm going to touch that,โ Adesanya said at the UFC 293 media day.
โI know Iโm not going to hit UFC 400. Iโm definitely going to hit UFC 300. Thatโs one Iโm going to be a part of.โ
After making his UFC debut in 2018, Adesanya has now been in 10 UFC championship fights and has become one of the biggest names in the sport.
โThe Last Stylebenderโ retained his UFC middleweight title this past April with a stunning knockout Victory over Alex Pereira.
Both UFC 100 (2009) and UFC 200 (2016) managed to surpass the elusive one million pay-per-view buys mark.
Adesanya said his City Kickboxing teammate, Alex Volkanovski, should headline UFC 300.
โIโll co-headline for Alex Volkanovski,โ Adesanya Continued.
โThatโs my dog. If he doesnโt fight, then Iโll headline it.
โIโm sure thereโs other people, as well โ Conor (McGregor) will probably try and jump in there because heโs a superstar and he just gets whatever he wants. Yeah, weโll see.โ
The obvious candidate to take Adesanya on would be Dricus Du Plessis.
The South African became the number 1 contender at middleweight after beating Rob Whittaker this past July.
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