Israel Adesanya recently managed to pull a hilarious prank on UFC fans while promoting the Engage store’s Black Friday sale. The Nigerian-born Kiwi took to social media to post one-half of a fake UFC 298 poster showing him and Alexander Volkanovksi. The phony poster also showed a bold text graphic announcing a light heavyweight title…
Israel Adesanya was left stunned after Alexander Volkanovski was brutally knocked out by Islam Makhachev at UFC 294. Makhachev defeated the Australian with a devastating head kick and punches in Round one of their highly-anticipated re-match. It was an impressive performance from Makhachev and settled whatever debate still remained from the pair’s first bout in…
UFC 294 goes down this weekend in Abu Dhabi, and the headliner will mark an important one for the promotion’s featherweight champion. Alexander Volkanovski will attempt to do what many believe is quite unlikely. He’ll lock horns with Islam Makhachev for the second time as he goes after the UFC lightweight championship. If he wins,…
Israel Adesanya is taking a step away from MMA after a busy stretch of title fights. Israel Adesanya is going to take a long and overdue absence from mixed martial arts in the aftermath of UFC 293. Adesanya, free of the UFC middleweight title that Sean Strickland took from him, will take an extended break…
It turns out, Manel Kape really was ready to throw down at the UFC 293 pre-fight press conference. Just days away from his own fight against Felipe dos Santos, Manel Kape blasted Kai Kara-France, who dropped off the card after suffering a concussion in training. When Kape shouted at the New Zealander in the audience, that drew a reaction then-UFC…
Israel Adesanya’s former opponent has pointed out one thing that could’ve changed the outcome of his fight against Sean Strickland. Israel Adesanya took on Strickland last month at UFC 293. While ‘The Last Stylebender’ was expected to get past ‘Tarzan’ pretty easily, that wasn’t the case as the latter upset the odds to become the…
Robert Whittaker thinks he has an idea of why fans who attended UFC 293 in Sydney got behind Sean Strickland during his dominant performance over Israel Adesanya. Strickland turned in a stellar showing against “Izzy” last month. He was a massive underdog going into the bout, but he cracked Adesanya with a punch that dropped…
Former two-time undisputed middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya has been backed to likely prevail in the future – particularly in a mooted title rematch with Sean Strickland immediately, with head coach Eugene Bareman claiming his student has “seen everything” in terms of different styles and gameplan. Adesanya, a former two-time undisputed middleweight titleholder, headlined UFC 293 earlier this…
Israel Adesanya finally discussed his loss of the UFC middleweight crown. After not addressing questions from the media after his decision loss to Sean Strickland and leaving the UFC 293 post-fight press conference, Adesanya finally shared his thoughts on his YouTube channel. Israel Adesanya (24-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC), who was beaten in shocking fashion by Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5…
Sean Strickland reacts to Israel Adesanya walking away from UFC 293 presser after a single statement. Sean Strickland took on Israel Adesanya last night in what was expected to be a one-sided contest in favor of ‘The Last Stylebender.’ However, ‘Tarzan’ had other plans in mind as he managed to cause a major upset by…
