{"id":269845,"date":"2018-02-10T18:23:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T02:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=269845"},"modified":"2018-02-10T18:25:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T02:25:42","slug":"ufc-221-results-israel-adesanya-tkos-rob-wilkinson-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-221\/ufc-221-results-israel-adesanya-tkos-rob-wilkinson-video\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 221 Results: Israel Adesanya TKO&#8217;s Rob Wilkinson (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 221 Results: Israel Adesanya TKO&#8217;s Rob Wilkinson <\/p>\n<p>A middleweight scrap between highly touted promotional newcomer Israel Adesanya and hometown favorite Rob Wilkinson took place on tonight&#8217;s UFC 221 prelims.<\/p>\n<p>Round one begins and Wilkinson immediately presses the action and forced Israel up against the cage. He is working on securing a takedown but Israel is defending well. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-221\/video-israel-adesanya-promises-youre-dealing-new-breed-ufc-221\/\">Adesanya<\/a> breaks free and lands a nice low kick. Rob charges forward and dives at Israel&#8217;s hips. He pushes the UFC newcomer against the cage. He works some knees and a short punch. Wilkinson searching for a single leg takedown. Israel scrambles free. Adesanya takes the center of the octagon and fires off a pair of hard low kicks. He lands a left hand but Wilkinson is able to duck under a second punch and gets a hold of Israel&#8217;s legs. Rob forces his opponent against the cage and proceeds to land a takedown. Israel pops right back up to his feet. The fighters battle along the cage. Round one comes to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Round two begins and Adesanya fires off a kick. Wilkinson charges forward with a left hand that misses. Israel scores with a stiff jab. He follows that up with a hard punch to the body. Wilkinson charges forward but Adesanya is able to avoid the takedown attempt. Israel with a nice kick followed by a big knee. Wilkinson desperately dives forward for a takedown. He pushes Israel against the cage and works a knee. Wilkinson is trying hard to get this fight to the ground but Israel won&#8217;t let him. Israel breaks free and lands a right hand followed by a head kick. Adesanya with a hard low kick now. It looks like he has broken Wilkinson&#8217;s nose. Big shots from Israel. He lands a hard knee to the body followed by another right hand. Huge punishment now from Israel. Rob Wilkinson finally hits the floor and this one is all over!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;The rest of the strikers in this division&#8230;you&#39;re on notice.&quot; &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmysmithmma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jimmysmithmma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Israel Adesanya wins his debut at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC221?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC221<\/a> over Rob Wilkinson!  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4D2GhxOjen\">https:\/\/t.co\/4D2GhxOjen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCONFOX\/status\/962512645025710080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 221 Results: Israel Adesanya TKO&#8217;s Rob Wilkinson A middleweight scrap between highly touted promotional newcomer Israel Adesanya and hometown favorite Rob Wilkinson took place on tonight&#8217;s UFC 221 prelims. 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