Cannonier to back up Adesenya vs Strickland fight

On the night of September 9-10, Sydney will host the 293rd UFC event, which will headline a duel between the middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and applicant Sean Strickland. Today it became known that this fight will be insured by the third number of the middleweight rating Jared Cannonier.

The American fighter reported this information to the MMA Junkie portal. It is also known that he has already arrived on the Australian continent.

It is worth noting that Cannonier has already met in the octagon with Adesanya, losing to him by unanimous decision, and with Strickland, having won against him by a split decision.