Israel Adesanya admitted to becoming a fan of Dricus du Plessis and to not rushing back to the Octagon following his UFC 305 loss. Izzy is taking it easy An unusual Adesanya showed up in his post ...

White joined "The Jim Rome Show" on Monday to announce that Israel Adesanya will make his MMA return against current middleweight champion Dircus Du Plessis. Read more: Conor McGregor Forced Out ...

Dricus Du Plessis thinks Israel Adesanya's best days are behind him. After Adesanya (24-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) suffered a third consecutive loss for the first time in his combat sports career and fell ...

Sean Strickland wasn't overly impressed by how Dricus du Plessis got past Israel Adesanya. Former UFC Champ Strickland claims he 'dog walked' Adesanya in their title fight at UFC 293, dropping ...

South African Dircus du Plessis and Sean Strickland of the US ... launched a successful defence against Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya in August, while Strickland rebounded with a tepid defeat ...

After coming up short against Dricus Du Plessis in their huge grudge match at UFC 305, Israel Adesanya was booked to take on soaring contender, Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Saudi Arabia. The former ...

Whittaker (27-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC) can relate to Adesanya. He was stopped by Du Plessis in their title eliminator at UFC 290 and was just as surprised as Adesanya. "Because it works," Whittaker responded.

It was the second title defense for the 31-year-old Du Plessis (23-2) after defeating Israel Adesanya with a fourth-round submission on Aug. 17 in Perth, Australia. The first round saw Strickland ...

Winning the UFC middleweight championship from Sean Strickland, Du Plessis has now defended his title twice. Having gotten the better of Israel Adesanya and Strickland, Du Plessis is now looking ...

Du Plessis compares fighting an elite wrestler like Chimaev and an elite striker like Adesanya. Du Plessis scored four takedowns against Adesanya, but he nearly equaled him in strikes landed as well.