Few more lines about Adesanya. He was a champ, lost his title, regained it back and lost again. This does not look like he really deserve another chance. For instance there is Brendan Allen, who will fight Vettori in April. If he wins, he will be in a 7 win streak, he will move to 5th place in top. Perfect candidate for a title fight. Above him is Whittaker with zebra record, Cannonier with a bit better record. With be reasonable to make DDP vs Allen.
At some point does Adesanya want to return now that Strickland is not the champion, or is he now ready to fight again, but he is not deserving anymore, I really think Adesanya is Ranked 2nd in the middleweight division for sure the perfect opponent for Du Plessis would be Sean Strickland, or Khamzat Chimaev just wishful thinking but as you have said Khamzat Chimaev is recovering from his injuries and recently got some surgery,
I think it wasnt posted here, but he recently had a surgery. He was fixing hand injury that he has got in a fight against Usman. It is gonna take some time to record.
I think I have posted it on the other thread, or maybe in here but yeah Khamzat Chimaev had a recent surgery but right now he is OK and recovering I really wish he could recover in time so he can get back into action again,
Izzy lost against Strickland very convincingly. It wasn't even close as Sean absolutely shut Izzy down, all 5 rounds. Its just that Sean doesn't finish his fights as much as some of the more popular fighters that it didn't look as dominant. I don't think Izzy should get another title shot straight up. Sean deserves it a bit more than Izzy since at least DDP v Sean was close. That being said, its UFC! They will just do what gives them the most PPVs and hype. I'd happily watch either of those fights but yea. Will be interesting what they decide on. Izzy and Sean should fight someone else or maybe Izzy v Sean 2 so that the winner becomes a contender again.
I also thought giving an opportunity to some fighters rather than giving another fight to the former champ, as yeah that fight over Strickland was a straight dominant win for Sean Strickland and maybe we could really see a rematch than with the other fight because Strickland said he was headbutted by Strickland or their head clash, actually, I did see the Head Clash but it also looks clean and not a headbutt so it is up to officials if what are their thoughts on this matter, anyway the UFC will straight up give this rematch to Strickland that is for sure,