{"id":175886,"date":"2025-09-28T19:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/175886\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T19:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:47:07","slug":"israel-adesanya-has-moved-on-from-sean-strickland-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/175886\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya has \u2018moved on\u2019 from Sean Strickland rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Israel Adesanya isn\u2019t going to wait around on Sean Strickland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A former two-time UFC middleweight champion, Adesanya is currently on the worst run of his career, losing his past three fights. The start of that losing streak was his shocking upset loss to Strickland at UFC 293, where he dropped the title in one of the biggest upsets in recent title history. Since then, the idea of a rematch between Adesanya and Strickland has been regularly floated as an option, but recently it gathered new steam when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2025\/7\/5\/24461064\/israel-adesanya-wants-sean-strickland-rematch-this-fall-hes-been-quiet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adesanya started called for the bout this year<\/a>. But with no movement on that front, \u201cThe Last Stylebender\u201d says he\u2019s moving on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI\u2019m not surprised,\u201d Adesanya told Submission Radio. \u201cIf you want to get something done right, do it right the first time. That\u2019s the lesson I learned. And he\u2019s doing other things in his own life. He made the money he wanted to make. But again, me as well, I don\u2019t want to be waiting around. I\u2019ve moved on. I just want to fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cSo I will fight \u2014 we\u2019ll see. I just want to fight but we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Strickland is not on the greatest run right now either. Following his title win over Adesanya, the controversial fighter dropped the title to Dricus du Plessis in his next bout, won a lackluster decision over Paulo Costa a few months later, and then lost again to du Plessis earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On top of that, Strickland also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/400257\/sean-strickland-suspended-6-months-fined-after-jumping-in-cage-and-attacking-fighter-at-tuff-n-uff-event\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">got suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission<\/a> for attacking a fighter while coach at a Tuff-N-Uff event in June. Strickland\u2019s suspension expires on Dec. 29, though he can have that reduced to mid-October if he completes an anger management course approved by the commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Either way, the delay and Strickland\u2019s seeming lack of interest in the rematch has Adesanya focused on any one of the myriad other middleweight contenders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cDefinitely,\u201d Adesanya said about possibly fighting Anthony Hernandez, who recently fell out of a scheduled booking with Reinier de Ridder. \u201cI\u2019m just staying ready for everyone and anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya isn\u2019t going to wait around on Sean Strickland. 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