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UFC champion Israel Adesanya has tasked Khamzat Chimaev with beating the "top guys" at 185lb before challenging him.

Middleweight king Adesanya was called out by rising star Chimaev after he defended his title against Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 last month.

Chimaev vowed to finish Adesanya in one round if they fought, something 'The Last Stylebender' nonchalantly shrugged off.

'Borz' has switched between welterweight and middleweight for his four UFC wins and wants to become the champion of both weight classes.

Adesanya admits he was impressed by Chimaev's last win against Li Jingliang at UFC 267 but won't take him seriously until he needs to.

“I don’t have to take him seriously till I have to take him seriously and that’s a guy that definitely I'd like to fight if he does what he says he wants to do," he told ' True Geordie '.

"Because guess what? He’ll bring in a lot of eyes. That's how it all starts, those are the ones who are crazy enough to make it happen. He's on his way, but show me something first.”

“There was something he did in that fight, I won’t give it away, but I was like, ‘Hmm. I like that.’ I was really impressed with. So, that’s what