With Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa likely off the cards (‘Borrachinha’ is reported to have suffered an injury in training), it’s expected that ‘The Last Stylebender’ will defend his newly-acquired middleweight title against feared MMA veteran Yoel Romero.
In fact not only is the UFC looking to book the matchup, but Jorge Masvidal says Adesanya feels he has to fight ‘Soldier of God’ for his legacy.
At a recent UFC 244 media scrum to promote his highly anticipated ‘BMF’ title fight with Nate Diaz (h/t Jon Fuentes of The Low Kick MMA), ‘Gamebred’ detailed his wild encounter with Adesanya at a nightclub in Las Vegas, where he said the newly-crowned middleweight champ referred to Romero as one of the ‘baddest’ fighters in the game.