“This fight just took place and we have several fights coming up in the next month or so – we’ll wait to see how they end and then we’ll decide what’s next,” the head of the world’s strongest league said at a press conference in Las Vegas. “We’ll see what happens with time, injuries, other factors, and we’ll organize the best fight possible.”
On Sept. 9 at UFC 293 in Sydney, Sean Strickland shocked the mixed martial arts world by sensationally defeating Israel Adesanya by unanimous decision to take the UFC middleweight championship belt from the Nigerian, while a fight between Hamzat Chimaev and Paulo Costa will take place on Oct. 21 at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi.