Israel Adesanya will headline UFC 281, the place he’ll defend his middleweight title for the sixth time. His opponent, Alex Pereira, defeated Adesanya twice in kickboxing, together with handing him the one knockout lack of his fight sports activities profession. The No.2-ranked pound-for-pound fighter opened up on the errors that led to the knockout.
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Talking on his YouTube channel, FREESTYLEBENDER, Adesanya mentioned his knockout loss:
“In that second I received too hungry after which I blew my load just a little bit. Within the third spherical he did his work, and I’ve given him thumbs up for that. He got here in, prepared, strolling me down, throwing, throwing, after which went growth, caught me, and that was all she wrote.”
Adesanya detailed what led to the knockout, including:
“That was me not staying true to my type. I understand how to the touch this man unhealthy. I understand how to fluctuate my assaults and I understand how to battle correctly. I’d simply jab and leg kick him.”
Adesanya will enter UFC 281 trying to avenge the knockout loss suffered within the closing battle of his kickboxing profession. Pereira may have the chance to change into the middleweight champion in simply his eighth profession blended martial arts battle and fourth profession UFC battle. He’ll look at hand Adesanya his first profession middleweight blended martial arts loss.
Watch Israel Adesanya’s full feedback under (beginning on the 7:50 mark):
Israel Adesanya needs Steve Mazzagatti to return for UFC 281 primary occasion
Israel Adesanya will look to avenge the one knockout lack of his fight sports activities profession when he enters the octagon at UFC 281. The middleweight champion has made it clear that this battle is private to him, and he not too long ago requested that UFC President Dana White carry again former official Steve Mazzagatti.
Throughout his time with the UFC, Mazzagatti developed a popularity for permitting fights to hold on for a lot too lengthy. Adesanya requesting Mazzagatti implies that he’s trying to inflict critical injury on his opponent at UFC 281.
Talking on his YouTube channel, FREESTYLEBENDER, Adesanya said:
“Dana, carry again Steve Mazzagatti. Carry again Steve Mazzagatti to ref my battle as a result of I wish to hear ‘battle again’ as I am punching him within the face like 50 occasions. I wish to hear ‘Battle again, you could transfer Alex, you could transfer, battle again, now hook him up.’ I wanna hear that like 50 occasions earlier than they drag me off of him.”
Watch Israel Adesanya’s feedback under (beginning on the 15:52 mark):
