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UFC 253 pits top-ranked middleweight contender Paulo Costa against defending champion Israel Adesanya in the headliner on Fight Island’s return during the early hours on Sunday morning. Compared with the card’s co-main event, this features plenty of bad blood between two athletes who don’t like one another and are itching to duel in the Octagon this weekend. Continue reading “UFC 253: Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa exchange final pre-fight words”
Israel Adesanya retained his middleweight belt after a bizarre 25-minute showing against Yoel Romero in the UFC 248 main event, though it was the card’s other championship bout which stole the show: Weili Zhang’s first title defence was one for the history books against former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Continue reading “UFC 248: Israel Adesanya retains middleweight strap, but Weili-Jedrzejczyk steals the show”
Just eighteen months after his first UFC fight, Israel Adesanya (18-0) has silenced critics to reach the summit, beating Robert Whittaker with a second-round KO to become the new undisputed Middleweight Champion infront of a record-breaking crowd at Marvel Stadium in Australia. Continue reading “UFC 243: Israel Adesanya is new middleweight champion after R2 KO of Robert Whittaker”
He vowed to reclaim his gold, insisting DC’s knockout win during their previous encounter last July was a lucky one. So despite losing all three previous rounds, Stipe stunned Cormier with a barrage of punches before standing victorious in defiant fashion on Sunday morning. Continue reading “UFC 241: Stipe Miocic reclaims HW title with fourth-round KO win vs. Daniel Cormier”
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