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UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya came up short in his quest to capture the UFC Light Heavyweight Title at UFC 259.
It appears that Adesanya is returning to the division he rules and that’s an idea that UFC President Dana White is behind.
“Jon Jones used to be at that weight class,” White said at the UFC 259 post-fight press conference (via MMA Junkie). “Jon’s going to be so much bigger than Israel. I think Israel should focus on middleweight right now. Get back in there and keep doing what he does in the middleweight division.”
Adesanya is ready to return to middleweight, but the champion also isn’t ruling out a return to light heavyweight one day.
“You’ll see me back at 205 later in the future, but right now I’ve got a division I’ve got to dominate,” Adesanya said at the UFC 259 post-fight press conference. “I know they’re probably thinking, ‘Oh, that’s it. He just got taken down.’ All right, cool. But I’ll remind them again why I’m the king at 185.”
