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UFC middleweight king Israel Adesanya wants to see some of his future opponents test the waters with some takedown attempts.<\/p>\n

Adesanya is riding high in the UFC right now after he was able to successfully defend his Middleweight Championship earlier this year courtesy of a picture perfect display against divisional rival Paulo Costa.<\/p>\n

Now, as we look ahead to future for Adesanya, it appears as if he wants to try and challenge himself more so than he has done before.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope they start shooting on me more cause I want to choke somebody out,\u201d Adesanya told MMA Fighting<\/a> recently. \u201cI mean people were shooting on me at the beginning of my UFC career, and then they realized, \u2018We can\u2019t be doing that, f**k it let\u2019s strike, oh we can\u2019t do that [either].\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should go back to shooting on me again, cause I\u2019ve got some tricks that I want to use,\u201d Adesanya said.<\/p>\n

It does appear as if Adesanya is gearing up for a move to light heavyweight, but according to the 205-pound division’s current champion Jan Blachowicz<\/a>, it isn’t going to be quite as easy for him as he might think.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll my life I\u2019m in this category so I know everything about this category. Everything is different,\u201d Blachowicz told\u00a0MMA Fighting.<\/a>\u201cCardio is different. Timing is different. Speed is different. You can train with heavyweight guys, you can train with 205 guys but this is training. A fight is completely different.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen guys change their category, they\u2019ve got\u00a0problems<\/a>\u00a0with that, problems with everything,\u201d Blachowicz added. \u201cNot everyone can be ready for that. We will see.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe Adesanya will be ready for that but I don\u2019t think so,\u201d Blachowicz added. \u201cIf he wants to make his first fight at 205, with the champion, it\u2019s going to be a problem for him.”<\/p>\n

Do you think fighters should start shooting on Israel Adesanya?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC middleweight king Israel Adesanya wants to see some of his future opponents test the waters with some takedown attempts. Adesanya is riding high in the UFC right now after he was able to successfully defend his Middleweight Championship earlier this year courtesy of a picture perfect display against divisional rival Paulo Costa. 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