UFC: Islam Makhachev has made light work of late call-up Moicano in the main event of UFC 311, while Merab Dvailishvili defeated Umar Nurmagomedov.
Dricus du Plessis has aborted plans to use Australia’s Robert Whittaker as part of preparations for his upcoming UFC 312 blockbuster in Sydney – while also warning American challenger Sean Strickland against the “bullying” fight week tactics that preceded their first headliner.
As part of preparations, DDP is spending almost the final two-and-a-half weeks of camp in Sydney and, shortly before Christmas, revealed he hoped to use both Whittaker and his sprawling Smeaton Grange gym as part of the build., the champ said he liked the idea of using Whittaker to help prepare for Strickland -- describing the opportunity as “incredible” -- before adding: “I’d actually love it if we could set that up … maybe I could spend some time with him on the mats and use his facility”.
“And once Rob and I are at that stage -- where we’ve established we will never fight again -- that would be something I’d love to do.”As recently as six months ago, the pair still looked set to be on course for a rematch, when DDP outed the Australian as his most likely next title challenger following his own defence against Adesanya at UFC 305 in Perth.
So given DDP has already beaten both Whittaker and Adesanya, which of the two Australasian superstars has the greatest chance of throwing down against him for the belt again?“Where things are at right now, Adesanya is the more likely,” he said.
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