Israel Adesanya is focusing on a late 2025 comeback, and the one struggle he needs is Sean Strickland.
Strickland beat Adesanya and took the middleweight title off him at UFC 293. It was the beginning of a 3 struggle shedding spiral for “The Final Stylebender” which he has but to tug out of. The one downside? “Tarzan” isn’t partaking with Izzy’s smack speak, which makes the New Zealand fighter curious what’s happening.
“Most certainly, I’m gonna guess to mid September, October,” Adesanya informed Ariel Helwani for a comeback date. “Sean. No query. He misplaced his final struggle. I misplaced my struggle. And it’s like, ‘Alright. Cool. Need a rematch?’”
“Straightforward cash, bro, proper?” he added. “You beat me already, handily, 5 nil. It’s like come on. That’s straightforward cash. Come on.”
“I simply really feel like I can do higher. And if he beats me at my finest, I’d be like, ‘F— yeah, good sport.’ And I’ll go away it at that. However I do know I can do higher.”
“That’s the one, that’s the one one I would like,” Adesanya repeated. “However then he hasn’t responded. He most likely bought fats. Folks despatched me a video of that as properly. I used to be like, ‘Oh, s—.’ So I don’t know. Perhaps he’s going via one thing.”
Israel Adesanya nonetheless needs his rematch in opposition to “fats” Sean Strickland later this 12 months:
“Sean, it is June — Males’s Psychological Well being Month. I hope you are taking care of your psychological well being and also you’re bodily well being… you fats b*tch.” pic.twitter.com/lZLqm7vCfU
— MMA Combating (@MMAFighting) June 27, 2025
Whereas Sean Strickland continues to be on the market doing Sean Strickland issues, Adesanya repeated his ‘going via one thing’ suspicion on the UFC Corridor of Fame 2025 ceremony.
“Somebody despatched me a screenshot and he’s fats now,” Izzy mentioned (through MMA Combating). “I noticed it and I used to be like ‘Oh s—t.’ Sean’s a man that undoubtedly has loads of oldschool stuff, trauma he has to take care of. And all of us undergo s—t. I believe for him it’s straightforward, he ought to have simply mentioned one thing and began roasting me or no matter. That’s what Sean Strickland would do. However he’s been quiet.”
“So Sean, it’s June, Males’s Psychological Well being Month. I hope you’re looking in your psychological well being … and in addition take care of your bodily well being. You fats b—h!”
