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‘Back of the list’ - Adesanya’s camp explains why they won’t give Whittaker a title shot now Share this story Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Israel Adesanya’s coach Eugene Bareman recently spoke with The Mac Life about his star pupil and the upcoming UFC middleweight title defense versus Marvin Vettori. In that interview Bareman expressed his bemusement at the reason why Adesanya is facing Vettori in the main event of UFC 263 and not the man he beat for the title back in 2019; Robert Whittaker. Whittaker was reportedly offered the chance to face Adesany...

After losing to Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259, it's likely that Israel Adesanya won't be facing Jon Jones in a super-fight anytime soon.

Congrats to @JanBlachowicz and hats off to @stylebender for attempting what a few have ever done. It’s all about taking chances in this life! Thank you gentlemen!— Cody Garbrandt (@Cody_Nolove) March 7, 2021 That was a good fight! Props to Izzy for taking a chance. He could have played it safe and stayed at middleweight but he tried to be a two division champ. You never know what you can do if you don’t take chances on yourself. Good fight by Jan. ���� Respect #ufc259— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) March 7, 2021 Great fight by both men but no 49-45 ����‍♂️ #ufc259...

The middleweight champion is a shockingly sizable favorite over the light heavyweight titlist at UFC 259.

Bold UFC predictions for 2021 include Jon Jones, Israel Adesanya and a mammoth crowd play Helwani wants the UFC to makes Jones vs. Adesanya this year (1:49) Ariel Helwani and Daniel Cormier discuss why now is the time for the UFC to book a megafight between Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya. (1:49) After a year in which UFC legends retired, unretired, threatened retirement and changed weight classes, what can MMA fans expect in 2021? Three titles changed hands in 2020, but each of those were in fights for vacant championships. In other words, defending world champions showed why they were the one...