{"id":289883,"date":"2018-11-01T11:23:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T18:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=289883"},"modified":"2018-11-01T12:36:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T19:36:12","slug":"derek-brunson-on-israel-adesanya-fight-dont-be-surprised-if-i-knock-him-out-in-the-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/derek-brunson-on-israel-adesanya-fight-dont-be-surprised-if-i-knock-him-out-in-the-first-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Brunson on Israel Adesanya fight: ‘Don\u2019t be surprised if I knock him out in the first round’"},"content":{"rendered":"

At a glance, UFC 230’s Derek Brunson vs. Israel Adesanya bout looks like a two-outcome fight. The widespread thinking seems to be that Adesanya will win the fight with his superior striking, or that Brunson will win with his world-class wrestling. Based on the middleweights’ records and skillsets, you would not be faulted for thinking this way.<\/p>\n

The fighters, however, have other ideas.<\/p>\n

Israel Adesanya recently announced that he believes he might submit the wrestler<\/a> Derek Brunson.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst round or second knockout,\u201d he told Adam Glyn<\/a> when asked for a prediction for the fight. \u201cIf not it\u2019s going to be a submission. My first submission in MMA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, Derek Brunson is confident that he can knock the striker Adesanya out. He has, after all, knocked out strikers before \u2014 Lyoto Machida being the most recent, Uriah Hall being another.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all fun and games to me,\u201d Brunson told MMAjunkie<\/a> ahead of this fight. \u201cHe can say whatever he wants to say, but the fact of the matter is, when you get out there, it\u2019s a different story, and I fought some elite strikers, and I knocked them out. You\u2019ve got a guy that everybody is looking at as an elite striker the media is hyping up \u2013 the media loves him. What\u2019s going to happen when I knock him out or I touch that chin? What\u2019s up with your striking then?<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s very important to be very conscious and understand what you\u2019re getting yourself into because if you get knocked out and you\u2019re this so-called nasty striker, then what are you after that?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen a lot of holes in Izzy\u2019s game, so don\u2019t be surprised if I knock him out in the first round. I see myself just putting it on him, getting the win, but don\u2019t be surprised if I knock him out in the first round.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think Derek Brunson can pull of a knockout win against Israel Adesanya?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 11\/1\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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