Adesanya was on plenty of fight fans’ radars after wins over Rob Wilkinson, Marvin Vettori, and Brad Tavares to kick off his ...
Israel Adesanya is never going to be short on opponents wanting to fight him due to the name that he has built up in the UFC. With 18 UFC bouts now under his belt, the former elite kickboxer has been ...
UFC Middleweight champion Israel 'The Last Stylebender" Adesanya seems to be winning the mind games ahead of his UFC 271 fight. Adesanya will be facing Robert Whittaker, the very man he beat to unify ...
For seven long years, every time Israel Adesanya stepped into combat against Alex Pereira, the Nigerian felt what most of us experience before a visit to the dentist — ...
Four fights. Two in kickboxing. Two in the UFC. Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya share one of the fiercest rivalries in modern combat sports. Pereira took Adesanya’s UFC middleweight title in 2022.
Israel Adesanya thinks Alex Pereira should stick around at light heavyweight and put his belt on the line a few more times. Pereira wasted no time in talking about a jump to heavyweight right after ...
Israel Adesanya wasn't a fan of the UFC giving Jack Della Maddalena Islam Makhachev for his first title defense.
In early 2025, his troubles deepened when he was stopped by Nassourdine Imavov in his first non-title bout since fighting Anderson Silva back in 2019. For a fighter who once owned the division, the ...
Hypothetical street fight lists have long been a popular question posed to UFC fighters, and Kamaru Usman's latest UFC-inspired list has got the MMA fandom talking.
UFC 320 delivered fireworks inside the Octagon, but the drama wasn’t limited to the fights themselves. Alex Pereira reclaimed the light heavyweight title in 56 seconds, but not everyone was on the ...
A taxi driver recently confused Israel Adesanya with Iggy Azalea. Adesanya (24-5) recently posted a video in which a cab driver appears to recognize him, but with the wrong name. While the cab driver ...