He didnt, at the time Adesanya was the MW champion but he wanted none of it, wether was he ducking or legit friends, so he started talking shit about a different fighter in a fight that "could" actually happen, but zero intention of actually taking it, also to be fair, getting a title shot at a 2nd belt means all the glory without risking your own belt, fighters jump to that in a heartbeat, its "free money".I never understood why he wanted to fight Jan so much as champion, I mean at the period he called him out Jan already lost his title to Glover.
Don't believe I remember him calling for the Glover bout.
Come to think of it, has anyone ever moved up TWO weight classes and won?
Fuckin A! Did he make the jump up two weight classes right away? I mean, did he skip LHW?yeah, Jake Collier. started his UFC career as a MW and beat Gian Villante and Chase Sherman at HW.
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Fuckin A! Did he make the jump up two weight classes right away? I mean, did he skip LHW?