‘Next is the belt’… Nassourdine Imavov sets his sights on UFC gold following shock KO win over Israel Adesanya

Nassourdine 'Sniper' Imavov believes that he is the next one in line for a shot in the middleweight title after his sensational knockout victory last night in UFC Saudi -Arabia.

The championship belt will be in just seven days before taking when Dricus du Persis Sean Strickland brakes in the main event of UFC 312 in Australia.

Although there is still an unbeaten 'wolf' waiting in the wings, Nassourdine Imavov believes that the fantastic second round of last night has protected him the next middleweight title shot.

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Nassourdine Imavov focuses its sentences on the UFC title after Adesanya Ko

After a narrow back and forth opening round in which both men found some small success, Nassourdine Imavov would shock the world when he dropped, then ended, Israel Adesanya in round two of their UFC Saudi Arabia Main Event Fight last night.

“I feel so good, I said it all week that I was in the perfect form, and I proved it tonight,” said the rising Frenchman Paul Felder in the Octagon.

“I proved that I was the better striker,” Imavov stated, before I teased that the “real bonus will be for me to fight for the belt” in his next fight.

“I think there is no doubt that I am worth the belt, I mean, four wins in one year, two top five, two top 10, two finishes, the result speaks for itself.”

In the past 12 months, Imavov has won a majority decision on Roman Dolidze, Jared Cannonier finished in four rounds, Brendan Allen beat through a unanimous decision and now has a TKO victory on Israel Adesanya.

“I cleaned the weight class in one year, four fights, two victories against top ten competition, two finishes against Top Five competition,” he stated at the press conference after the fight, and simply stated that “next is the belt.”

The title of 185 pounds is next weekend for grabbing in Australia, with Champion Drus du Plessis at former enemy Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC 312.

Dana White responds to Israel Adesanya vs Nassourdine Imavov

With the post-fighting prints, UFC CEO Dana White looked that Adesanya looked 'incredible' in the openingstanza before he was 'caught' by a photo-perfect overhead shot in the second.

“I thought Izzy looked incredible until he was caught, looked good and grabbed him and stayed on the outside … His Takedown defense looked incredible, that veal shovel – he could not have had a better first round And then he got trapped [in the second]. “

Now with three straight losses, there have been called Adesanya to hang the gloves forever; Although White wanted to acknowledge that there was nothing to indicate that time was now.

“Listen, being caught is caught; He is 35, Imavov is 28 years old and in his prime … [Adesanya] Looked incredible, he could not have fought a better first round than he did. “

Back to Imavov and although it might have been a little too early for the matchmakers, White sounded open for combining Khamzat Chimaev and the rising Frenchman for a potentially number one of the number one candidate.

“I mean, the fight happened 30 minutes ago, so I don't know what we're going to do yet, but there are many possibilities and yes, that's definitely one of them.”

Nassourdine Imavov is now 16-4 as a pro and 8-2-1 under the UFC banner; He is expected to improve his current #5 -ranking in Tuesday's update – Chimaev will remain ranked at #3.

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