Israel Adesanya News
Israel Adesanya shares his pick for best knockout of the year: “Everyone counted him out”
Susan Cox - November 9, 2022
Israel Adesanya is sharing his pick for best knockout of the year. UFC 281 takes place this coming weekend, Saturday November 12th at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
UFC 281 | Pro fighters make their picks for Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira title fight
Cole Shelton - November 9, 2022
In the main event of UFC 281, the middleweight title is up for grabs as Israel Adesanya takes on Alex Pereira. Heading into the fight, Adesanya is a -210 favorite while the challenger is a +162 underdog on FanDuel. Ahead of the fight, BJPENN.com reached out to several pro-fighters to get their prediction for the scrap. The pros slightly lean towards Pereira winning once again by KO as they think Adesanya will fight too emotionally and get caught.
Photos | Paulo Costa trolls former opponent Israel Adesanya ahead of UFC 281: “Gyno is back!”
Harry Kettle - November 9, 2022
Paulo Costa has accused Israel Adesanya of having gyno again heading into his UFC 281 main event this weekend. On Saturday night, Israel Adesanya will collide with Alex Pereira at Madison Square Garden. He’ll do so as the UFC middleweight champion, a title he’s held for over three years now.
Israel Adesanya believes he's the reason Alex Pereira got signed to the UFC and fighting for the belt: "I cleared the way for him to get to the top"
Cole Shelton - November 8, 2022
Israel Adesanya thinks he is the reason why Alex Pereira even got signed to the UFC and is fighting for the title so soon in his career. Adesanya and Pereira fought twice in kickboxing with the Brazilian winning twice including one by KO. The KO defeat was the last time Adesanya fought in kickboxing as he transitioned to MMA and had a ton of success. Just 14 months after signing with the promotion he won the interim belt and has been the undisputed champion since October 2019.
Firas Zahabi shares his thoughts on Israel Adesanya's "incredibly strange" and “very suspicious” gyno: “In my mind, there's only one reason for this”
Lewis Simpson - November 8, 2022
World-famous MMA coach Firas Zahabi gave his take on the rumours surrounding Israel Adesanya and his gyno. With many claiming it occurred due to steroid use and similar theories, Zahabi explained that a doctor indicated that receiving punches to the chest causing tissue damage could be the reason behind the swollen pectoral muscle.
Israel Adesanya admits he was really upset with his UFC 276 performance against Jared Cannonier: “I cried backstage”
Harry Kettle - November 8, 2022
Israel Adesanya has spoken about how upset he was following his win over Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 this summer. In the main event of UFC 276, Israel Adesanya defeated Jared Cannonier via unanimous decision. However, while he successfully defended his middleweight crown once again, ‘Stylebender’ wasn’t pleased with his performance.
Alex Pereira claims Israel Adesanya is being “forced” to face him at UFC 281: “He doesn’t want this fight”
Cole Shelton - November 7, 2022
Alex Pereira believes Israel Adesanya didn’t want to fight him. Pereira and Adesanya have fought twice in kickboxing with the Brazilian winning both including one by KO. With that, the two have a history and a bit of a rivalry, and ever since Pereira signed with UFC many fans have wanted to see the pair fight again. The two will finally meet this Saturday night at UFC 281 for the middleweight belt but Pereira claims Adesanya was forced to take this scrap.
Israel Adesanya compares his current situation to that of former UFC champion Jon Jones: “It’s because you’re great”
Josh Evanoff - November 7, 2022
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya admits he has one thing in common with Jon Jones. ‘The Last Stylebender’ is set to return this Saturday at UFC 281 against Alex Pereira. The two have clashed twice previously in kickboxing, with the Brazilian winning both times. However, both men have stated that this outing will be much different.
Israel Adesanya plans to make a “horror movie” out of upcoming title fight with Alex Pereira: “I want to be the first person he sees when he wakes up”
Lewis Simpson - November 7, 2022
Israel Adesanya has one thing on his mind leading up to his highly anticipated bout with rival Alex Pereira at UFC 281. That one thing is revenge. Adesanya will square off with the only man who has successfully separated him from consciousness in Pereira. The pairing will headline a stacked fight card this Saturday in Maddison Square Garden, New York.
Israel Adesanya believes Alex Pereira will "start to fold" early into their UFC 281 fight, plans to "rewrite" history: "He’s not gonna last"
Cole Shelton - November 2, 2022
Israel Adesanya doesn’t think Alex Pereira will be able to last with him at UFC 281. Adesanya is set to defend his middleweight title in the main event of UFC 281 as he takes on Pereira. It’s a highly-anticipated fight as the two fought twice previously in kickboxing with Pereira winning one by decision and one by KO. However, in MMA, Adesanya believes it’s much different fight and he plans to rewrite history next Saturday at Madison Square Garden.
Israel Adesanya believes beating Alex Pereira is more important than retaining title at UFC 281: "It's not gonna be like last time"
Josh Evanoff - November 2, 2022
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is solely focused on defeating Alex Pereira, nothing else. ‘The Last Stylebender’ has been out of action since his rematch with Jared Cannonier in July. The contest was an easy victory for Adesanya, as he won by unanimous decision. The win was also Adesanya’s fifth-straight middleweight title defense.
UFC announces main card lineup for UFC 281: ‘Adesanya vs. Pereira’
Harry Kettle - November 2, 2022
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced the full main card for UFC 281, headlined by Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira. Next weekend, the UFC returns to Madison Square Garden for a blockbuster PPV event.
Georges St-Pierre warns Israel Adesanya about championship pressure: "It's only the beginning"
Ryan Harkness - October 7, 2022
Israel Adesanya is five defenses deep into his undisputed middleweight title reign. And while he has a ways to go before he begins to challenge Anderson Silva’s ten title defense record, the pressure that comes with being a dominant champion is already mounting on ‘The Last Stylebender.’ One person who knows a little bit about the stresses of a long championship run is Georges St-Pierre, who was a two time welterweight champion and defended his title nine times between 2006 and 2013. That streak cemented him as a top G.O.A.T. contender, but it also did his head in to the point where he relinquished his belt and walked away from the sport for four years.
Henry Cejudo explains how his perspective has changed after analyzing previous kickboxing fights between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira: “Israel was right”
Harry Kettle - October 6, 2022
Henry Cejudo has explained how watching Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira in kickboxing has changed his perspective on their UFC 281 fight. Long before their mixed martial arts days, Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira met on two separate occasions in the wonderful world of kickboxing. In both fights, Adesanya was extremely competitive – only to fall to two defeats at the hands of ‘Poatan’.
Yoel Romero claps back at "pampered" Israel Adesanya for his recent comments: “How many fights does Izzy have that are boring? You see?”
Cole Shelton - September 21, 2022
Yoel Romero has fired back at Israel Adesanya. Adesanya recently looked back on a low point in his career, which was the Romero fight, and put much of the blame on the now Bellator fighter. That fight served as the main event of UFC 248 and resulted in what many fans and analysts refer to as a snooze fest.
Israel Adesanya shares awesome promo for his UFC 281 fight against Alex Pereira (Video)
Harry Kettle - September 20, 2022
Israel Adesanya has released an incredible promo ahead of his UFC 281 main event against rival Alex Pereira. Ever since his win over Jared Cannonier this past summer, Israel Adesanya has been on a collision course with his former kickboxing rival Alex Pereira. While ‘Poatan’ is just 3-0 in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, his knockout win over Sean Strickland was enough to prove that he’s ready to take the next step up and challenge for the UFC middleweight title.
Israel Adesanya shares bold prediction for Saturday’s UFC 279 main event between Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz
Susan Cox - September 9, 2022
Israel Adesanya has shared a bold prediction for Saturday’s UFC 279 main event between Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz. It will be fan favorite Nate Diaz (21-13 MMA) entering the Octagon to battle Khamzat Chimaev (11-0 MMA) in the welterweight main event tomorrow night in Las Vegas.
Israel Adesanya claims there’s only one thing that his UFC 281 opponent Alex Pereira is really good at: “Completely honest, threat meter six”
Susan Cox - September 8, 2022
Israel Adesanya is claiming there’s only on thing that his UFC 281 opponent Alex Pereira is really good at. Yes, UFC 281 will see Israel Adesanya (23-1 MMA) vs Alex Pereira (6-1 MMA) in the middleweight main event on Saturday November 12th at Madison Square Garden in New York City.