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UFC middleweight Chris Curtis shares advice for Israel Adesanya on how to beat Alex Pereira in rematch: “At that point you just have to poison him”
UFC middleweight Chris Curtis shared some advice for Israel Adesanya on how to beat Alex Pereira in their rematch. Pereira continues to haunt Adesanya’s career after the Brazilian took out the long-time champ by TKO at UFC 281. The victory moved Pereira to 3-0 over Adesanya, 1-0 in MMA. The previous two wins came in […]
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Israel Adesanya under arrest for being in possession of brass knuckles at JFK Airport
Israel Adesanya was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after being caught in possession of brass knuckles at JFK airport in New York City. The arrest was made at around 1:57 pm by Port Authority Police Department after the former champion was pulled up while going through security according to TMZ. In the state of New York, […]
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Brendan Schaub believes Alex Pereira’s time as middleweight champion will be short lived: “I don’t think he beats a single guy in the top 5”
Brendan Schaub believes Alex Pereira will only remain middleweight champion for a short time if the UFC are to match him with an opposite style. Pereira shocked the world of MMA this past Saturday by dethroning his former kickboxing nemesis, Israel Adesanya. UFC 281 had numerous significant talking points, but none came close to Pereira […]
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Israel Adesanya recreates ‘game over’ scene from SAW horror movie (Video)
Israel Adesanya sends a strong message to his challenger Alex Pereira ahead of their heated bout at UFC 281. Adesanya is hopeful of seeking redemption this Saturday in Maddison Square Garden, New York, over his old kickboxing nemesis Pereira. The upcoming middleweight title fight’s hype is solely built on the history between the two highly […]
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Sean O’Malley shares his prediction for UFC 281 main event between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira: “He’s a f**king scary human being”
Sean O’Malley shared his prediction for the highly anticipated UFC 281 main event. Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira will go toe-to-toe for the third time in their careers. However, it will be the first time the pair will square off inside the Octagon with 4oz gloves. Rising bantamweight star Sean O’Malley recently discussed the upcoming […]
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Firas Zahabi shares his thoughts on Israel Adesanya’s “incredibly strange” and “very suspicious” gyno: “In my mind, there’s only one reason for this”
World-famous MMA coach Firas Zahabi gave his take on the rumours surrounding Israel Adesanya and his gyno. With many claiming it occurred due to steroid use and similar theories, Zahabi explained that a doctor indicated that receiving punches to the chest causing tissue damage could be the reason behind the swollen pectoral muscle. That being […]
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Israel Adesanya plans to make a “horror movie” out of upcoming title fight with Alex Pereira: “I want to be the first person he sees when he wakes up”
Israel Adesanya has one thing on his mind leading up to his highly anticipated bout with rival Alex Pereira at UFC 281. That one thing is revenge. Adesanya will square off with the only man who has successfully separated him from consciousness in Pereira. The pairing will headline a stacked fight card this Saturday in […]
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Georges St-Pierre warns Israel Adesanya about championship pressure: “It’s only the beginning”
Israel Adesanya is five defenses deep into his undisputed middleweight title reign. And while he has a ways to go before he begins to challenge Anderson Silva’s ten title defense record, the pressure that comes with being a dominant champion is already mounting on ‘The Last Stylebender.’ One person who knows a little bit about […]
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Video | Alex Pereira spars on a hoverboard to mock Israel Adesanya
Alex Pereira is not impressed with Israel Adesanya’s flashy preparations for their UFC 281 championship fight. Adesanya has been sharing all sorts of footage from his daily life and training sessions on his YouTube channel and social media accounts. One of the more recent (and eyebrow raising) clips shows ‘The Last Stylebender’ working his movement […]
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“I’m going to TikTok dance on your grave” Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland in fiery exchange at UFC 276 presser
Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland are two of the most outspoken characters in the UFC. They could be on a collision course now after firing off a slew of insults at one another during the UFC 276 pre-fight press conference. Strickland is currently ranked at #4 in the middleweight division and is facing Adesanya’s former […]
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Michael Bisping says Marvin Vettori would be the 185lb champ if not for Israel Adesanya
Michael Bisping believes that Marvin Vettori would be UFC middleweight champion by now if it wasn’t for Israel Adesanya. The Italian is currently ranked at #2 at 185lb following an impressive win over Paulo Costa in October. The fight reaffirmed his reputation as one of the toughest fighters in the UFC. As a former champion […]
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Nominees released for World MMA Awards
Fighters Only have announced the nominees for the 2021 World MMA Awards. This will be the 13th edition of the annual ceremony and the official voting website is live at worldmmaawards.com. Despite a year of unprecedented hardship and uncertainty, there have been some historic performances around the world as well as a quite incredible collection […]
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Marvin Vettori hopes he gets Chris Weidman next, discusses future plans
It seems like it’s nearly impossible to find an available opponent for Marvin Vettori, according to the Italian fighter’s own words. ‘The Italian Dream’ is currently riding a three-fight win streak, having triumphed over Cezar Ferreira, Andrew Sanchez and, most recently, on Karl Roberson with his most impressive UFC victory so far. That round-one rear […]
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Israel Adesanya explains why he wouldn’t alter strategy for booing crowd
This past weekend’s UFC 248 main event was lackluster for most, but middleweight champion Israel Adesanya still retained his title with an unanimous decision victory over Yoel Romero. While the fight was a letdown for most fans, the reigning champion was not going to let the crowd effect him during the fight. Making an appearance […]
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Dana White says former opponents have compared punching Yoel Romero to hitting a piece of concrete
Dana White claims that former opponents of Yoel Romero have said hitting him was like “hitting a piece of concrete”. Romero is widely considered to be one of the most terrifying competitors in the Ultimate Fighting Championship today, and potentially in all of mixed martial arts. At the age of 42 he still seems to […]
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Israel Adesanya compares Yoel Romero’s ‘cheating’ to Eddie Guerrero
Israel Adesanya has taken a cheeky shot at middleweight contender Yoel Romero, implying that the veteran has cheated in the past. Adesanya is coming off of his UFC Middleweight Championship triumph over Robert Whittaker at UFC 243, which firmly established him as the king of the 185-pound division. Romero, on the other hand, recently lost […]
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Israel Adesanya questions Jon Jones’ ‘d**k pill’ excuse
Israel Adesanya continues to come at Jon Jones on social media, this time choosing to focus on a very specific part of the light heavyweight champ’s history. Adesanya, who recently became the undisputed UFC Middleweight Champion by defeating Robert Whittaker at UFC 243, has been going back and forth with Jones for what feels like […]
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Israel Adesanya laughs off Jon Jones’ ‘nerd’ comment as feud continues
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has laughed off the retort of Jon Jones as he focuses his attention on defending the undisputed title against Paulo Costa. Adesanya is still basking in the glory of his triumph over Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 this past weekend as he was able to unify the championship in front […]
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Dana White intrigued by potential Jon Jones vs. Israel Adesanya matchup
Add UFC president Dana White to the list of people who are intrigued by a future dream matchup between light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and interim middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. Since April, a back-and-forth — through the media and online — between Jones and Adesanya has been ongoing. With all of the words spouted off […]
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Israel Adesanya goes off on Jon Jones, rates UFC 239 performance as “meh”
The feud between interim middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and reigning light heavyweight champion Jon Jones just got turned up a notch. Following Jones’ UFC 239 title defense over Thiago Santos, Adesanya gave his assessment on the champion’s performance, and it wasn’t quite complimentary. Speaking to Ariel Helwani of ESPN, Adesanya rated Jones’ title defense over […]
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Video | Watch Israel Adesanya react to Jorge Masvidal’s historic KO
Israel Adesanya was caught on camera with a unique reaction as he was being interviewed during Jorge Masvidal’s flying knee KO over Ben Askren at UFC 239. TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter was interviewing the interim UFC middleweight champion Adesanya when Masvidal smashed Askren in the face with a flying knee. At 5 seconds into the first […]
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The biggest winners from UFC 236
UFC 236, emanating from State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, was an extremely exciting night of fights. From the very first bantamweight scrap to kick off the 13-fight card to the double interim title fight main event, UFC 236 was one of the more memorable night of fights in recent years. With two new interim […]