{"id":287549,"date":"2023-09-05T00:34:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T00:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=287549"},"modified":"2023-09-05T00:34:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T00:34:48","slug":"adesanya-admits-he-is-rooting-for-chimaev-to-beats-old-rival-costa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/adesanya-admits-he-is-rooting-for-chimaev-to-beats-old-rival-costa\/","title":{"rendered":"Adesanya admits he is rooting for Chimaev to beats old rival Costa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Israel Adesanya admits he is rooting for &#8216;new blood&#8217; in hoping Khamzat Chimaev beats old rival Paulo Costa, with &#8216;Stylebender&#8217; out to defend title at UFC 293 against Sean Strickland in Sydney<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adesanya has admitted he is rooting for &#8216;new blood&#8217; when Chimaev faces Costa<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He faces\u00a0Strickland at UFC 293 in Sydney as he looks to defend his title\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Adesanya could take on Chimaev or rematch Costa before the end of the year<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Isreal Adesanya has admitted he is rooting for &#8216;new blood&#8217; when\u00a0Khamzat Chimaev faces his former rival Paulo Costa.<\/p>\n<p>After beating the majority of middleweight contenders in the UFC, Adesanya admitted that he is always seeking new challenges and competition.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll face one of these when he takes on Sean Strickland in UFC 293 in Sydney as part of the main event.<\/p>\n<p>Chimaev&#8217;s showdown against Costa could see the winner face Adesanya, with Costa previously losing to him.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to on the fight, Adesanya admitted that he is rooting for Chimaev as he said:\u00a0&#8216;I don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s going to win but I think if I&#8217;m favoring, I might be favoring Khamzat a little bit more,&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/23\/75057727-12480493-image-a-97_1693868277226.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Isreal Adesanya has admitted he is rooting for &#8216;new blood&#8217; when Khamzat Chimaev faces his former rival Paulo Costa<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/23\/75057743-12480493-image-a-98_1693868279342.jpg\" height=\"468\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chimaev&#8217;s showdown against Costa could see the winner face Adesanya<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/23\/75057745-12480493-image-a-99_1693868281261.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Costa previously lost to Adesanya but victory over Chimaev could lead to a rematch<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya colntinued to tell MMA Fighting while appearing on behalf of Stake.com: &#8216;(I&#8217;m rooting for him) because I like new blood.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, he warned Chimaev that the fight against Costa will not be an easy one despite Adesanya beating him in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8216;I just made Paulo look easy but trust me, he&#8217;s a hard fight,&#8217; Adesanya continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s a hard fight but I made him look easy. But I think I&#8217;m rooting for Khamzat more in that fight.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He finalised by admitting that he could look to face Chimaev before the end of the year and could scout his potential future opponent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ain&#8217;t that funny?&#8217; Adesanya said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m the one actually pushing for fights. I&#8217;m even trying to have one more this year. We&#8217;ll see. Yeah, definitely [might get one more fight this year]. We&#8217;ll see.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12480493\/Israel-Adesanya-Khamzat-Chimaev-Paulo-Costa-UFC.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Israel Adesanya admits he is rooting for &#8216;new blood&#8217; in hoping Khamzat Chimaev beats old rival Paulo Costa, with &#8216;Stylebender&#8217; out to defend title at <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/adesanya-admits-he-is-rooting-for-chimaev-to-beats-old-rival-costa\/\" title=\"Adesanya admits he is rooting for Chimaev to beats old rival Costa\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Adesanya admits he is rooting for Chimaev to beats old rival Costa - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/adesanya-admits-he-is-rooting-for-chimaev-to-beats-old-rival-costa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adesanya admits he is rooting for Chimaev to beats old rival Costa - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Israel Adesanya admits he is rooting for &#8216;new blood&#8217; 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