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Israel Adesanya predicts he’ll fight Jones early 2021, says Jon isn’t the same fighter anymore

Israel Adesanya is about to face Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 this weekend, and the interim champion already has plans in mind after he takes the undisputed middleweight belt. The Nigerian-New Zealander predicts that he’ll defend that belt a couple of times before moving on to a super-fight with light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.

He once again used a video game metaphor to outline his goals as he progresses throughout his career.

“(Jon Jones) is definitely a boss in that game I want to play against,” Adesanya told the Mac Life. “Raiders Stadium, in Las Vegas, that’s were it’s going to happen.