I. Adesanya remains unbeaten after 16 fights. Photo: Reproduction/Youtube ufc
Israel adesanya e Anderson Silva starred in the clash of the highest technical level in the main fight of UFC 234 in Melbourne (AUS), last Saturday (09). With a confident performance, the Nigerian beat the Brazilian by unanimous decision from the judges. In a post-event press conference, 'The Last StyleBender' stated that his performance in the duel with 'Spider' was enough to qualify him for a title fight next.
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“I'm the number 1 challenger. I'm the guy who will fight for the belt. I don't call. Kelvin or 'Rob', whoever it is, I don't care. Whoever has the belt. I saw Kelvin walking around with the belt and I don't know who gave it to him. I'll fight for the belt next, that's all I know. I did my job. I came and showed service”, explained Adesanya.
Still ecstatic about the triumph, Israel described the experience of facing his idol inside the octagon in Melbourne.
“It was cool, it was f***ing cool. He caught one of my kicks, I knew he wanted to grab it, but I got away. And I thought: 'Okay, here comes the flying knee'. I've seen this many times, so I just dodged to the left. He has a lot of tricks that I know, I'm not stupid. It was a great experience, everyone played with him in the video game, and I fought with him, the real guy, so I won. He is a legend of this sport, a living legend. No one can take that away from him,” Israel added.
It remains for Ultimate to determine what will be done with the middleweight division after the category champion's surgery. Robert whittaker. Since Kelvin Gastelum, Ronaldo Jacare and Adesanya expect a division title fight.
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