Israel Adesanya wants to return to the Achthoek after an extremely devastating three fights that lose skid.
Former UFC Middleweight Israel Adesanya has not fought since February when he was shocked by the rising competition Nassourdine Imavov.
His loss for Imavov marked his third loss in a row, the first time he suffered this fate during his extremely impressive career.
And now at the age of 36, fans have wondered if 'The Last Styleberer' will ever return to the Octagon that has already achieved everything that can be achieved in sport.
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Adesanya talks potential return to rival that he once dominated
Despite the fact that he loses a three fight, Adesanya continued to show moments of promise, and he even came close to recovering the title when he fought with Dricus du Plessis on UFC 305.
And although Adesanya knows that he will probably not return to the title photo, he has emphasized a potential fight against his former rival that he once dominated when he was the champion.
When Adesanya ruled as the champion of 185 pounds, he ran through the majority of the division, and one of the hunters he beat during his line was Paulo Costa.
Costa himself ruined the biggest fight for his career and revealed that he drank a bottle of wine for the fight, which led him to be eliminated.
After his loss against Imavov, Adesanya took a considerable amount of free time from the training and eventually returned to the mats last April when he sparred Kamaru Usman.
“I spunk with Kamaru in Miami then (Alexander Volkanovski) got his belt back. And that was my first sparring back. I took some time to just, you know, chill and let the brain relax. And yes, I just knew it. So I've been itching for a while.
“I don't have to say much. I would say,” Cool, okay, that sounds nice “and give him a chance to relieve people like people. And Strickland, if he wants to fight, certainly, if not, it's good,” Adesanyya said with regard to a fight against Costa.
Paulo Costa recently achieved an impressive victory
'The Eraser' was also not the most active hunter, but he recently returned to the Octagon at UFC 318 when he scored an impressive victory against Roman Kopylov.
After his victory, Adesanya Costa offered a rare praise after he finally returned to winning ways, and putting their rivalry aside.