Top UFC Middleweight Contender Petitions Dana White For Next Title Shot

"I've already beaten your champion"

Drew Beaupré | Sep 12, 2023

Top UFC Middleweight Contender Petitions Dana White For Next Title Shot /

One top middleweight contender wants Dana White to give him his second shot at the UFC middleweight title, and he’s not interested in waiting around for a potential rematch between newly-crowned champion Sean Strickland and Israel Adesanya.

Jared Cannonier is currently the promotion’s #4-ranked middleweight contender following UFC 293, which saw Strickland score one of the biggest upsets in UFC history when he defeated Adesanya via unanimous decision and claimed the middleweight belt.

Cannonier was in Australia for the card and successfully made weight as the backup fighter for the headlining middleweight title fight, and with White celebrating the UFC-WWE merger on Instagram this week the 39-year-old decided to hijack one of the UFC President’s posts to demand the division’s next title shot.

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“Hey. Dana f*** the rematch. I’ve already beaten your champion let do it again. Watch my break another record. I better than ever you’ll see” – Cannonier wrote.

The #4-ranked middleweight is currently on a two-fight win streak that includes a split decision victory over Strickland in the UFC’s final main event of 2022. Cannonier also defeated former title challenger Marvin Vettori in June, and his last loss came in his first attempt to claim a UFC title when he dropped a decision to Adesanya at UFC 276.

The significance of the upset that occurred at UFC 293 has led some fans to suggest that “The Last Stylebender” deserves an immediate rematch with Strickland, but with contenders like Cannonier and the #2-ranked Dricus Du Plessis eager for a chance at the belt it will be interesting to see which direction the UFC decides to go with for its next middleweight title fight.

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Published Sep 12, 2023