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Israel Adesanya has his own theory on power punchers.<\/p>\n

The middleweight champion is set to defend his title for a second time in the main event of UFC 253 on Saturday, September 26. He will be facing off against Paulo Costa, who is currently undefeated and is known for being able to finish his opponents with his punching power. “Borrachinha” has finished a whopping nine out of 13 fights via knockout punches.<\/p>\n

However, Adesanya isn’t convinced that Costa will be able to do any fight-altering damage. The champion has already faced off against some of the division’s most powerful strikers including Yoel Romero. He believes that once punching power reaches a certain threshold, they all feel the same.<\/p>\n

“Put it this way,” Adesanya said during an interview with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto<\/a>. “If Paulo Costa is an 8 and Derek Brunson is a 6, you only need a 3\/4 to KO someone and you can’t feel the rest anyway due to adrenaline. So, it’s the same.”<\/p>\n

Over the past year, both Adesanya and Costa have hurled insults at each other and have gone back and forth on social media. For Adesanya, their rivalry makes for the perfect UFC fighting story and he has even accused<\/a> Costa of using performance-enhancing drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s great for me, it\u2019s that aesthetic of it, I\u2019m this skinny person, this little frail kid that everyone looks at,\u201d Adesanya said during a pre-fight virtual media day. \u201cAnd he looks like the perfect antagonist, he\u2019s big, bulky and juiced up to the f*cking gills. He\u2019s a guy that beats everybody on the fence, so when I come out there with the Bruce Lee sh*t and f*ck him up, it\u2019s going to be \u2018oh my god wow, he beat that big muscle boy.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Adesanya explained that he believes the aesthetics of his rivalry against Costa will engage casual MMA fans and bring more viewers to the sport, similar to Conor McGregor and how he managed to rally fans for his fights against the likes of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Eddie Alvarez. He also thinks it will lead him to the bigger paycheque.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike the casuals are going to feed off of it, and I love that because it means more eyes, more attention and like I said, you don\u2019t have to watch my fights, but you\u2019re going to pay, and I\u2019m not talking money, I\u2019m talking you\u2019re going to pay attention,\u201d Adesanya said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd attention turns to\u2026\u201d He said while making a money sign with his fingers.<\/p>\n

Do you think Israel Adesanya can survive the power of Paulo Costa at UFC 253?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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