Kangaroos, crocodiles and a huge title struggle. What extra may you ask for? On Saturday seventeenth August, the UFC heads down below to Perth, Australia for a 3rd time to host a blockbuster card, headlined by the present UFC middleweight champion: Dricus Du Plessis and difficult him is the previous middleweight champion: Israel Adesanya.
The final time we noticed Israel Adesanya was when he misplaced his title and convincingly overwhelmed by Sean Strickland round a yr in the past at UFC 293. Not lengthy later; Dricus Du Plessis clinched the title from Sean in a detailed struggle at the beginning of 2024.
Dricus and Adesanya haven’t fought one another earlier than of their careers however they’ve skilled and sparred collectively years in the past on the Tiger Muay Thai health club in Phuket, Thailand. Nevertheless, what actually attracts the followers’ consideration is the unhealthy blood between these two fighters. This pressure has stemmed from Dricus Du Plessis’ feedback that he’ll be the (actual) “African champion” subsequently dismissing Kamaru Usman, Francis Ngannou and Israel Adesanya as true representatives of Africa as a consequence of them leaving Africa and never coaching there. This fuelled lots of fury from Adesanya leading to a face-off between the 2 at UFC 290 when Dricus completed Robert Whittaker.
Though the struggle between them didn’t materialise then, it has materialised now and feelings apart this can be a fascinating contest. Dricus appears to have the energy and grappling benefit whereas Adesanya seems to have the velocity and putting benefit.
Nevertheless, each fighters have rounded out their ability units through the years, so going into this struggle it’s a must to ask, can Adesanya use his kickboxing expertise to harm Dricus on the ft? Can Dricus use his wrestling and jiu-jitsu to manage and end Adesanya on the bottom? Maybe we may see a shock submission from Adesanya or Dricus catching him with a knockout shot? The UFC 305 predominant occasion raises so many questions and within the early hours of Sunday 18th August, we’ll see if we will get any solutions. Tune in.
