(ALSO SEE: Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s next for Yoel Romero, Joanna Jedrzejczyk after UFC 248 losses? ) After every event, fans wonder whom the winners will be matched up with next. With another night of UFC action in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look forward, put on a pair of Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard’s shoes, and play UFC matchmaker for UFC 248’s key winning fighters. Those include Israel Adesanya (19-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC), who defeated Yoel Romero (13-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) by unanimous decision to defend his middleweight belt in the main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Zhang Weili (21-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC), who edged Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) by split decision to retain the strawweight belt in the co-headliner, as well as Beneil Dariush (18-4-1 MMA, 12-4-1 UFC), Neil Magny (22-7 MMA, 15-6 UFC) and Sean O’Malley (11-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC). * * * * Sean O’Malley Brian Kelleher Should fight: Brian Kelleher Why they should fight: O’Malley returned to the octagon in resounding fashion after two years away and showed that he’s still a top bantamweight prospect by putting away Jose Quinonez with an impressive – and fast – first-round finish . Now undefeated, it’s time for “Suga” to take a step up in competition and see if the talent really matches the hype

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Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s next for Israel Adesanya, Zhang Weili and UFC 248′s key winning fighters? – MMA Junkie

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