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Israel Adesanya is addressing his critics after some suggested he was ‘coasting’ in his UFC 276 win over Jared Cannonier.<\/p>\n

It was at UFC 276 on July 2, 2022 that Israel Adesanya (23-1 MMA) defeated Jared Cannonier (15-6 MMA) via unanimous decision in the middleweight main event. In his fifth title defense, ‘The Last Stylebender’ retained his middleweight world championship.<\/p>\n

Adesanya acknowledged that while it wasn’t his best fight, he was happy with the final outcome.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately many fans were not happy with the performance and some left the fight early while others took to booing the match.<\/p>\n

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Israel Adesanya commented (h\/t MMAJunkie<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, you can go down that whole fight card and people saying what they\u2019re gonna do in the fight. Not just myself but other athletes. Shoutout to Max Holloway. He said, \u2018I\u2019ll be surprised if this goes more than three rounds,\u2019 because he was that confident in himself. He didn\u2019t get the job done, but you\u2019re not gonna kick a man while he\u2019s down.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Continuing Adesanya said he was not ‘coasting’ in the fight:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all believe in what we\u2019re gonna do, not just Max. Everyone else, \u2018I feel like I\u2019m gonna do this,\u2019 and I know what I can do, and I know what I could have done to him and what I was trying to do to him, but it just didn\u2019t happen the way I wanted it to. But again, I\u2019m the one getting flack. There was no bit in that fight where I took my foot off the gas in the sense I was coasting. I wasn\u2019t coasting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Finishing, Israel Adesanya spoke about the battle with Cannonier:<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, I\u2019m gonna keep touching him, and I\u2019m gonna keep touching him until he falls. I didn\u2019t want to overcommit because if I overcommit, I knew he was going to counter me, or I would leave myself in a vulnerable position, and that\u2019s stupid. But I was right there in his face.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to say I ran away in this fight, I don\u2019t know how you\u2019re gonna say that. I was right there in his face hitting him, striking with him. So I don\u2019t know. People might try and say, \u2018Oh, he\u2019s this and that.\u2019 Footwork was one of the main things. I took away 60 percent of his shots, his strikes. The other was just hand control, distance management and just basics. My jab, things like that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

What do you think of Israel Adesanya’s justification of his performance<\/a> at UFC 276?<\/p>\n

Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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