Israel Adesanya Says UFC 230 Bout Isn’t About Derek Brunson

Israel Adesanya says he’s on the road to defeating all the “killers” in the middleweight division. Adesanya is set to face Derek Brunson on the UFC 230 card. The bout takes place on Nov. 3 inside Madison Square Garden in New York City…

Israel Adesanya says he’s on the road to defeating all the “killers” in the middleweight division. Adesanya is set to face Derek Brunson on the UFC 230 card. The bout takes place on Nov. 3 inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. “The Last Stylebender” has a chance to improve his perfect professional mixed […]

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Derek Brunson Talks Adesanya Hype & Its Impending Demise

Derek Brunson is not impressed with Israel Adesanya. He has made this abundantly clear to his followers on social media, to Adesanya, and Monday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, he continued to advertise his low opinion of the “Style Bender” based on his a…

Derek Brunson is not impressed with Israel Adesanya. He has made this abundantly clear to his followers on social media, to Adesanya, and Monday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, he continued to advertise his low opinion of the “Style Bender” based on his assessment of Adesanya’s past performances: “He got a split decision to the […]

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Derek Brunson vs. Israel Adesanya Targeted For UFC 230

This card continues to come together.

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The UFC continues to stack the upcoming card for the UFC 230 pay-per-view event as it’s being reported by Brett Okamoto of ESPN.com that the promotion is targeting Derek Brunson vs. Israel Adesanya in a middleweight bout for this card.

Brunson (18-6) has his sights set on the UFC middleweight strap as he has already verbally accepted the date for this fight to happen as he is coming off a loss to Ronaldo Souza in January that snapped a two fight winning streak when he picked up wins over Dan Kelley and Lyoto Machida. 

On the flip side, Adesanya (14-0) signed with the UFC this year and is 3-0 in the Octagon where he has made his name known as a rising prospect in the division. He is coming off a decision win against Brad Tavares on July 6 in Las Vegas.

It should also be noted that the report states that Adesanya and the UFC are also close to finalizing a new deal as he has completed three bouts of a four-fight deal in the span of five months.

The UFC 230 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York City with the main card airing on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass.

The promotion will be announcing more bouts in the coming weeks but for now, here’s the updated card:

David Branch vs. Ronaldo Souza

Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman

Paulo Costa vs. Yoel Romero

Derek Brunson vs. Israel Adesanya

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Derek Brunson Challenges Israel Adesanya to UFC 230 Bout

While Israel Adesanya is contemplating whom he would like to share the Octagon with next, there is a ranked middleweight who is vying for his attention. Derek Brunson has ramped up his efforts into luring Adesanya to the cage, this time, publishing a v…

While Israel Adesanya is contemplating whom he would like to share the Octagon with next, there is a ranked middleweight who is vying for his attention. Derek Brunson has ramped up his efforts into luring Adesanya to the cage, this time, publishing a video on Twitter where he provided a date, venue, and was also […]

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Bisping: Brunson is Shadow of His Former Self After Being KO’d by Jacare

Michael Bisping has responded to Derek Brunson’s callout. Much has been made over who Bisping will fight next. “The Count” has made it clear that he doesn’t have much time left in the sport of mixed martial arts. His next fight,…

Michael Bisping has responded to Derek Brunson’s callout. Much has been made over who Bisping will fight next. “The Count” has made it clear that he doesn’t have much time left in the sport of mixed martial arts. His next fight, could very well be his last. Bisping recently sat at the FOX Sports desk […]

Michael Bisping Scoffs At Derek Brunson’s ‘Bout Agreement’

Last night, No. 7-ranked UFC middleweight Derek Brunson posted a photo online of a supposed bout agreement he had to fight retiring former middleweight champion Michael Bisping in “The Count’s” final fight. Tonight, Bisping shot down Brunson’s aim emphatically on the most recent episode of UFC Tonight, noting that he has not signed any such agreement […]

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Last night, No. 7-ranked UFC middleweight Derek Brunson posted a photo online of a supposed bout agreement he had to fight retiring former middleweight champion Michael Bisping in “The Count’s” final fight.

Tonight, Bisping shot down Brunson’s aim emphatically on the most recent episode of UFC Tonight, noting that he has not signed any such agreement and would be aiming a bit higher than the North Carolina native (quote via MMA Mania):

“Photoshop is a fantastic thing. I have not been offered a fight with ‘Derelict’ Brunson. I think he is still a shadow of his former self after getting knocked out against ‘Jacare’ recently. Derek, you’re a good guy. You’re making moves, but I’ve got bigger fish to fry. I don’t even know whose bout agreement that is. Derek, good try.”

“The Count” has a good point in that Brunson was recently knocked out by Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in his last bout at January’s UFC on FOX 27, but Bisping himself was finished in two fights in less than a month after Georges St-Pierre submitted him at UFC 217 and Kelvin Gastelum floored him only three weeks later in Shanghai, leaving him with a possibly lengthy recovery time for his final bout.

There were whispers of him fighting Rashad Evans or Vitor Belfort at March 17’s UFC London, and former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida also called him out following his decision win over Eryk Anders on February 3 in Brazil.

It seems Bisping is aiming even higher than that for his final bout and it may be quite some time before we find out just whom will send him off into the sunset.

It just won’t be Brunson, however.

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