City Kickboxing head coach Eugene Bareman thinks Derek Brunson may have leapfrogged Robert Whittaker in the line for a UFC middleweight title shot. Despite UFC president Dana White claiming that the rematch between middleweight champ Israel Adesanya and Whittaker (23-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC) is in the works for January, Bareman says no formal offers have come through to the champion yet. Bareman argued that Brunson’s recent strength of schedule has been more impressive than Whittaker’s since they both lost to Adesanya (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC), which makes him just as worthy of a challenger
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