Chael Sonnen believes Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya are being touted to feature at UFC 300 in April.
Du Plessis recently picked up the middleweight title when he faced Sean Strickland at UFC 297 last month. The pair fought a grueling back-and-forth contest that went the distance and narrowly split the judges, with the South African taking the split-decision victory on the scorecards.
Following his victory over ‘Tarzan’, ‘Stillknocks’ opted to reignite his rivarly with Adesanya by calling him out for his first title defence. During his octagon interview, he said:
“There was another guy who tried to take my shine, he lost his shine. Now I have your shine. You didn’t get into the cage tonight, but Israel Adesanya, get your a** back in the UFC so we can settle the score!”
Catch du Plessis’ comments here (4:50):
The pair were originally set to face off at UFC 293, but an injury to du Plessis meant Strickland stepped in to face ‘The Last Stylebender’. His stunning upset then lead to Adesanya taking a hiatus from the octagon.
Recently weighing in on the situation at middleweight was Chael Sonnen, who discussed du Plessis vs. Adesanya on his YouTube channel.
According to ‘The American Gangster’, the pair have been offered to fight on April 13:
“There would be zero surprise. It will be the champion versus the No.1 contender. That’s not a surprise. That’s what we do over here…I know that it’s offered by the way. I 100% can confirm for you, what I will tell you is that DDP has been offered Izzy for 300…But neither has been told it’s the main event.”
Catch Sonnen’s comments here (7:15):