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Israel Adesanya Reflects On Becoming Interim UFC Champion
Adesanya won his first UFC title and remained unbeaten with a decision victory over Gastelum at UFC 236 Saturday night in Atlanta.
Adesanya won his first UFC title and remained unbeaten with a decision victory over Gastelum at UFC 236 Saturday night in Atlanta.
He's only been fighting in the Octagon for a relatively short time, but Israel Adesanya has had one heck of a hype train behind him.
The event marked the first to be available for fans via pay-er-view soley on ESPN+ as part of the new agreement between the UFC and ESPN.
Jon Jones is bold and heroic, like a those heroes of old who were sung about by the Vikings, Native Americans and other warrior cultures.
Featherweight champ Max Holloway is facing Dustin Poirier for the interim lightweight belt at UFC 236 tonight - who ya got?
A pair of interim UFC titles will be on the line this Saturday night from Atlanta live on pay-per-view with bouts also airing on ESPN.
Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier for the interim lightweight title and Kelvin Gastelum vs. Israel Adesanya for middleweight gold headline.
Adesanya took on a living legend and the former UFC middleweight champion earlier this year, securing the biggest win of his career.
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There are approximately 612 interim championship belts in circulation, so - now hear me out - why not just have an interim UFC event for them?
In this weekend's installment of "Watch and Old Fighter Get Smashed by a Young Fighter", we have Anderson Silva and Israel Adesanya.
Derek Brunson definitely didn't want to engage Israel Adesanya in any kind of kickboxing match. But he did, now he's dead.
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