Israel Adesanya sends a message to his UFC 293 opponent Sean Strickland: “Within the event you are searching to bear the belt, reach rep it”

The UFC has released its match promo for UFC 293 on September 9 in Australia, which is headlined by middleweight champion Israel Adesanya taking on Sean Strickland.

Israel Adesanya used to be first and essential centered for a grudge match with Dricus Du Plessis, nevertheless ‘Stylebender’ will now bear to defend his title as soon as extra sooner than that highly-anticipated fight can take form early subsequent year.

The promo for ‘Adesanya vs. Strickland’ can even be considered beneath, courtesy of the UFC’s YouTube channel. Adesanya, who bursted on the promotional scene just a few years support, has rapidly made a title for himself as one in all potentially the most efficient middleweights within the game, and arguably all-time.

Israel Adesanya used to be in uncommon create and sent a message to the brash, non-politically apt Sean Strickland, that turning into the original champion will be more straightforward stated than done.

“I’m the champ,” Adesanya stated over a spotlight kit of himself. “Within the event you are searching to bear the belt, reach rep it”

Strickland spoke back in potentially the most efficient formula he knew how, which, to many hardcore MMA supporters, may well well per chance merely peaceable no longer reach as a surprise.

“I’m no longer a apt man,” Strickland stated. “I’m a villain. Within the event you bear something apt in lifestyles, I are searching to take it from you. I need the title. Let’s discontinue this.”

The bout will be contested at a protracted-established initiate time within the U.S., with the pay-per-see starting at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Adesanya has won in Australia previously, defeating the likes of Anderson Silva and Robert Whittaker.

Despite it being the 2nd weekend in September, ‘Adesanya vs. Strickland’ serves as the UFC’s blockbuster fight of the month. The promotion will opinion to reach to Australia as soon as a year for the next three-to-four years, possible with the goal of getting a local high-off the card.

Strickland’s latest win came in July in opposition to Abus Magomedov, earning him a title shot.

What are your thoughts on the promo? Who’re you deciding on to win when Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland collide subsequent month? Let us know, Penn Nation!