Israel Adesanya already has his next assignment booked with a fight against Nassourdine Imavov in February, but he’s definitely keeping an eye on Khamzat Chimaev as a future opponent.
That may not have been a matchup on his radar until he saw Chimaev decimate former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker back in October at UFC 308. On that night, Chimaev scored an early takedown and then locked on a fight-ending face crank/rear-naked...