{"id":290292,"date":"2018-11-04T21:12:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T05:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=290292"},"modified":"2018-11-04T21:12:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T05:12:54","slug":"derek-brunson-breaks-silence-on-ufc-230-loss-to-israel-adesanya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/derek-brunson-breaks-silence-on-ufc-230-loss-to-israel-adesanya\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Brunson breaks silence on UFC 230 loss to Israel Adesanya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, in the opening bout of the UFC 230 main card, long-time UFC middleweight contender Derek Brunson stepped into the cage with red-hot striking specialist Israel Adesanya. Although Brunson had a spot of success with his wrestling early on in this fight, he ultimately became the latest victim of Adesanya&#8217;s venomous striking attack, wilting under a storm of strikes in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday evening, Derek Brunson broke his silence on this tough loss to Israel Adesanya. While he is obviously disappointed, he seems to be taking the setback in stride, as he&#8217;s promising to get right back on the horse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In life you have two options . Sit around feeling sorry for yourself or get up and do something about it . Life\u2019s journey! MOVING FORWARD<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerekBrunson\/status\/1059266855246983168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In life you have two options . Sit around feeling sorry for yourself or get up and do something about it . Life\u2019s journey! MOVING FORWARD&#8221; &#8211; Derek Brunson on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>With this UFC 230 loss to Adesanya, Brunson falls onto a two-fight skid, having also recently been stopped by resurgent contender Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza. These losses were preceded by a pair of thunderous knockout wins over former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and judo specialist Dan Kelly. He&#8217;s now 18-7 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya, meanwhile, improves to a perfect 15-0, and 4-0 in the UFC. He is now one of the top contenders in the middleweight division, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/weighing-the-options-of-israel-adesanya-after-ufc-230\/\">would seem to have options abound.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where do you think Derek Brunson will go from here? Is the best yet to come from the American?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 11\/5\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, in the opening bout of the UFC 230 main card, long-time UFC middleweight contender Derek Brunson stepped into the cage with red-hot striking specialist Israel Adesanya. 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