Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight contender Jack Hermansson returned to the chase for the 185-pound title with a nifty submission victory over Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC Fight Island 2 Main Main Event last weekend in Abu Dhabi.
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And with Israel Adesanya defending her division title against Paulo Costa at the UFC 253 pay-per-view (PPV) event this September, “The Joker” is already making arrangements to fight “The Eraser”, assuming “The Last Stylebender “withers under the” crazy pressure “of the Brazilian.
“I think Paulo Costa will be champion when he fights for the title,” Hermansson said after the fight. “He is going to put a little pressure on Adesanya. Paulo Costa’s pressure is crazy. He is pulling very hard with everything he has. You can do this for almost all rounds. It’s amazing the physique and the power that guy has. I think that will be problematic for Adesanya. But you don’t know what will happen in this sport. Adesanya is a great fighter, he’s a standing wizard and it’s going to be an interesting fight. “
Hermansson (21-5) is unlikely to jump straight into a middleweight title fight and is already planning to make a pit stop against the winner of Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till, who will compete in the UFC in the ESPN 14 main event this weekend on “Fight Island”.
“The winner between Robert Whittaker and Darren Till, that’s the fight to be done,” said Hermansson. “That’s the only thing that makes sense right now, so I’m looking forward to that fight next weekend.”
The middleweight Top 5 (see here) could look dramatically different in just six months.
