SALT LAKE CITY – Israel Adesanya is focused on surpassing Anderson Silva as the greatest middleweight in MMA history, but that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of the UFC champ changing weight classes. Adesanya (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) has never lost a fight in his career at 185 pounds. The lone blemish on his resume came in a light heavyweight contest when he came up short in a bid to become a two-division champion against then-titleholder Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 in March 2021. Although his previous attempt to move up in weight didn’t go as planned, Adesanya’s manger Tim Simpson, who is the vice president of MMA for Paradigm Sports, said there’s a good chance of another division change down the line. In fact, Simpson thinks his client could not only move up one weight class, but reinforced Adesanya’s previous notion that he could go up two and fight at heavyweight.
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