After a dominant win over Paulo Costa at UFC 253, Israel Adesanya is now currently in a mandatory COVID-19 quarantine in New Zealand and thinking of his next move.
“I want to fight this year,” Adesanya told ESPN. “We’ll talk [with the UFC]. We talked a little bit [Monday] night, but we’ll talk some more. I can’t say anything yet, but we’ve got some plans. I want to fight again this year.”
Post-fight, Adesanya expressed interest in defending his belt against Jared Cannonier, if the middleweight contender beats Robert Whittaker on October 24. A few days later, and he’s added another name — and fellow UFC 253 winner — to the list of potential opponents.