{"id":276554,"date":"2018-05-16T08:13:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T15:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=276554"},"modified":"2018-05-16T08:13:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T15:13:18","slug":"israel-adesanya-already-knows-who-hes-going-to-call-out-if-he-beats-brad-tavares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/israel-adesanya\/israel-adesanya-already-knows-who-hes-going-to-call-out-if-he-beats-brad-tavares\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya already has another opponent in mind if he beats Brad Tavares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having won his first two UFC bouts, kickboxing export Israel Adesanya has been rewarded with a main event battle with well-established middleweight veteran Brad Tavares. The pair&#8217;s bout headlines The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale on July 6.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, this bout with Tavares is one that Adesanya asked for. And if he gets past the Hawaiian star, he plans on asking for another specific matchup: a fight with the winner of Uriah Hall and Paulo Costa&#8217;s fight, which goes down July 7 at UFC 226.<\/p>\n<p id=\"CM03ta\">\u201cThe UFC are being nice to me,&#8221; Adesanya said on the latest edition of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/5\/14\/17350440\/the-mma-hour-with-chuck-liddell-in-studio-raquel-pennington-mackenzie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour <\/a>(transcribed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/5\/15\/17357286\/ufc-israel-adesanya-has-eyes-set-next-opponent-ahead-brad-tavares-showdown-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania<\/a>).\u00a0&#8220;They are helping me out in the way I get to choose my opponents. Like I said, that is three for three now, and they don\u2019t even know they are doing it. First it was Rob Wilkinson, then I saw Marvin [Vettori] backstage at UFC 219 and now Brad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside id=\"FK9RIv\">\n<div class=\"c-read-more\">\n<p id=\"yL83wE\">&#8220;I\u2019ve already picked my next fight after this, but I got to take care of Brad first,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I just keep picking and choosing, it\u2019s like a buffet for me. I want the winner of Uriah Hall and the Brazilian kid [Paulo Costa].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya&#8217;s first two Octagon bouts, as he suggests in the quote above, came against Rob Wilkinson, who he knocked out, and Marvin Vettori, who he defeated via decision. He&#8217;s 13-0 in MMA.<\/p>\n<p>Costa, meanwhile, is also undefeated, and will enter his UFC 226 showdown with an 11-0 record. Since joining the UFC, he&#8217;s knocked out Garreth McLellan, Oluwale Bamgbose, and former welterweight champ Johny Hendricks.<\/p>\n<p>Hall, finally, is riding high on a knockout of Polish talent\u00a0Krzysztof Jotko. This win was preceded by a trio of losses to Gegard Mousasi, Derek Brunson, and reigning middleweight champ Robert Whittaker.<\/p>\n<p>Does a fight between Israel Adesanya and the winner of Uriah Hall and Paulo Costa&#8217;s fight interest you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 5\/16\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having won his first two UFC bouts, kickboxing export Israel Adesanya has been rewarded with a main event battle with well-established middleweight veteran Brad Tavares. The pair&#8217;s bout headlines The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale on July 6. Interestingly, this bout with Tavares is one that Adesanya asked for. 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