It appears that the bout between SA’s Dricus du Plessis and Nigeria-born New Zealand Israel Adesanya will NOT take place at UFC 293. Photo by Sean M. Haffey/AFP
Dricus du Plessis v Israel Adesanya super fight OFF?
It appears that the bout between SA’s Dricus du Plessis and Nigeria-born New Zealand Israel Adesanya will NOT take place at UFC 293.
It appears that the bout between SA’s Dricus du Plessis and Nigeria-born New Zealand Israel Adesanya will NOT take place at UFC 293. Photo by Sean M. Haffey/AFP
It appears that the much-anticipated bout between South Africa’s Dricus du Plessis and Nigeria-born New Zealand Israel Adesanya will NOT take place at UFC 293 in Sydney.
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Respected MMA journalist Ariel Helwani took to social media to tell his 1.3 million Twitter followers on Thursday that, although not official yet, it appears the fight will not take place.
Helwani wrote: “It’s not quite official but pretty close at at this point that Dricus Du Plessis will not be able to fight Israel Adesanya at UFC 293 on Sept. 9 in Sydney.
“He was banged up going into the Robert Whittaker fight, and that turnaround is just too soon, I’m told.
“If that ends up being the case, and Israel Adesanya stays on the card, which is his desire, it’ll be Adesanya x Sean Strickland for the middleweight title on 9/9.”
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Du Plessis beat Whittaker at UFC 290 in Las Vegas earlier this month.
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