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UFC Champ Israel Adesanya Awarded BJJ Purple Belt
By FCF Staff
Israel Adesanya has reached another milestone in his martial arts journey, as the UFC’s middleweight champ was recently awarded his purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Recently the dynamic striker shared out via Instagram he’s been awarded his… Read More
Thiago Santos Was “Upset” After Hearing About Israel Adesanya vs. Jan Blachowicz
By FCF Staff
It looks like Israel Adesanya, and not the winner of today’s bout between Glover Teixeira and Thiago Santos will be next for Jan Blachowicz. While Santos is coping with the development, ‘Marreta’ admits he wasn’t happy when… Read More
Israel Adesanya Clear Favorite in Early Odds For Jan Blachowicz Fight
By FCF Staff
Recently Dana White confirmed that the UFC is planning to have Israel Adesanya fight Jan Blachowicz next, and the middleweight champ is a clear, early favorite on the betting lines.
Adesanya had been targeting a bout with… Read More
UFC Working on Israel Adesanya – Jan Blachowicz Fight
By FCF Staff
Recently there’s been no shortage of talk regarding who Israel Adesanya will fight next, and it looks like the star will face new, light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz.
After Adesanya defended the middleweight title at UFC 253… Read More
Israel Adesanya Fires Back at Chris Weidman: “Get Some Wins First”
By FCF Staff
Chris Weidman has been trying to make the case that he would pose a serious threat to Israel Adesanya’s reign, and recently the UFC’s middleweight champ fired back.
Recently Weidman argued that Adesanya is “tailor-made” for him… Read More
Thiago Santos is “Sure” He’d do “Better” Against Israel Adesanya Than Paulo Costa
By FCF Staff
Thiago Santos has no plans to move back down to middleweight in the near future. But, the light heavyweight contender is certain he’d provide more of a test for middleweight champ Israel Adesanya did than Paul Costa.… Read More
Jon Jones Warns Israel Adesanya he Would “Tear One of Your Arms Off”
By FCF Staff
Now that Jon Jones is apparently preparing for a run at heavyweight, one would think the odds of him facing middleweight champ Israel Adesanya now have reduced, considerably. But, the stars continue to trade verbal shots.
For… Read More
UFC 253: Israel Adesanya Post-fight Press Conference
Israel Adesanya Discusses Emphatic Win Over “Dumb” Paulo Costa
By FCF Staff
Israel Adesanya had been feuding with Paulo Costa for months, prior to their bout on Saturday. But, following the middleweight champion’s decisive win at UFC 253, Adesanya didn’t let up.
Adesanya quickly pulled ahead in the card’s… Read More
UFC 253: Israel Adesanya Crushes Paulo Costa
By FCF Staff
Paulo Costa did not prove to be a tough challenge for Israel Adesanya, like many predicted, as “The Last Stylebender” scored an emphatic win tonight at UFC 253.
Adesanya picked Costa apart early on with kicks to… Read More
UFC 253: Israel Adesanya And Paulo Costa Faceoff
One of the biggest fights in middleweight history!
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— UFC (@ufc) September 24, 2020
Israel Adesanya & Paulo Costa Have Run-in, Keep it Respectful (Video)
By FCF Staff
Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa have fired numerous insults and warnings at each other in the preceding months. But, when the two ran into each other in Abu Dhabi, ahead of their bout this Saturday at UFC… Read More
Israel Adesanya vs Anderson Silva | UFC 234, 2019
Chris Weidman Says Israel Adesanya is “Super Talented”, But Believes He’s a “Bad Match-up” For Champ
By FCF Staff
Chris Weidman knows he has some work to do before he gets a chance to fight Israel Adesanya. But, the former middleweight champ’s confident he has the skill set to hand the star his first MMA defeat.… Read More
Israel Adesanya Says He’s “Coming” For Jon Jones, Even if “Bones” Loses Title
By FCF Staff
Israel Adesanya and Jon Jones have seemed to have formed quite the rivalry. So much so, “The Last Style Bender” wants to face “Bones”, even if he loses the light-heavyweight belt.
The stars have been feuding since Adesanya… Read More
UFC Year of the Fighter: Israel Adesanya – Preview
Gegard Mousasi Believes Bout With Israel Adesanya “Would be a Good Fight For Me”
By FCF Staff
Gegard Mousasi understands that a fight with Israel Adesanya is not going to materialize anytime soon, if ever. But, the former Bellator champ believes he matches up well with the UFC’s reigning, middleweight king.
The 34-year-old Mousasi… Read More
UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya UFC 248 All Access
UFC 248: Paulo Costa Calls Israel Adesanya “Shameful”, Says He’ll Make Champ “Cry”
By FCF Staff
Israel Adesanya got by Yoel Romero on Saturday night and is still the UFC’s middleweight champ, but Paulo Costa was far from impressed with his performance.
Adesanya faced the powerful wrestler in the headliner of UFC 248,… Read More