{"id":366707,"date":"2020-11-04T11:52:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T19:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=366707"},"modified":"2020-11-04T11:52:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T19:52:16","slug":"israel-adesanya-shares-theory-on-swollen-pectoral-after-medical-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-shares-theory-on-swollen-pectoral-after-medical-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya shares theory on swollen pectoral after undergoing medical tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya was the picture of dominance in his UFC 253 title fight with Paulo Costa, defending the middleweight title with second-round TKO. Unfortunately, many fans were talking about something else in the aftermath of the matchup: the champ&#8217;s swollen pectoral muscle.<\/p>\n<p>During the bout, some viewers noticed that Adesanya had some unusual swelling on the right side of his chest. As ever, fans were quick to speculate as to the cause of this abnormality, with some even accusing the champion of steroid use.<\/p>\n<p>Post-fight, Adesanya revealed that he would be undergoing testing to get to the bottom of his swollen chest, but since then, he hasn&#8217;t given us much information on the issue. That changed on Wednesday, during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/joPMjygwLIU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a>, when he blamed his swollen pec on his frequent use of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israel Adesanya talks Jan Blachowicz fight, 2021 plans for Jon Jones | Ariel Helwani\u2019s MMA Show\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/joPMjygwLIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"df8EhM\">\u201cMy pituitary gland was checked, hormone levels are fine, so are estrogen and testosterone,\u201d Adesanya said.\u00a0\u201cYesterday we had an ultrasound and a mammogram, I had one for the first time. To be honest it might have been unhealthy living a little bit. Like smoking weed, that\u2019s what the doctor from the UFC said. He said I need to stop but I said I\u2019m not stopping, I\u2019m just going to slow down on the smoking weed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With his victory over Paulo Costa, Adesanya is now a fantastic 20-0 as a mixed martial artist, and 2-0 since capturing the UFC middleweight belt from Robert Whittaker in late 2019. The middleweight champion is next expected to move up to light heavyweight to challenge the division&#8217;s new champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-reacts-to-jan-blachowicz-super-fight\/\">Jan Blachowicz<\/a> for his title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s dangerous on the ground, he\u2019s awkward on the feet, got that Legendary Polish Power,\u201d Adesanya said of the matchup on Submission Radio this week. \u201cBut yeah, everyone\u2019s got power, right? I mean, it\u2019s something I proved in my last fight. I told y\u2019all. You have to delivery that power somehow, you have to get it to the target. I\u2019m not the easiest target to hit\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this explanation from Israel Adesanya?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya was the picture of dominance in his UFC 253 title fight with Paulo Costa, defending the middleweight title with second-round TKO. Unfortunately, many fans were talking about something else in the aftermath of the matchup: the champ&#8217;s swollen pectoral muscle. During the bout, some viewers noticed that Adesanya had some unusual swelling on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":362519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39449,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Israel Adesanya shares theory on swollen pectoral after undergoing medical tests | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Israel Adesanya was the picture of dominance in his UFC 253 title fight with Paulo Costa, defending the middleweight title with second-round TKO.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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