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By Harry Davies Israel Adesanya has teased a potential UFC 300 return just days after Dricus Du Plessis’ middleweight title win. Du Plessis won a razor-close split decision against Sean Strickland at UFC 297 on Saturday night to become the new 185lb champion. Two judges scored the fight 48-47 in favour of Du Plessis after five rounds whilst the other had it for Strickland in a fight that easily could have gone either way. Adesanya was called out by Du Plessis in his post-fight interview as the South African said: “I saw Alex Pereira get in the cage and thought ‘Ok, let’s do the face-off right …

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