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This is Adesanya vs Costa in a few short tweets.
UFC 253 is in the books, and it saw a striking masterclass from Israel Adesanya as he defeated Paulo Costa by TKO. Jan Blachowicz also became the new light heavyweight champion, ushering in a post-Jon Jones era at 205 lbs.
Here’s a quick twitter thread with a brief recap and analysis of the event, that’s fitting for people’s social media era attention spans:
MATTHEWS DOMINATES SANCHEZ
PROS: Matthews looked sharp but…
CONS: Maybe that’s also because Sanchez looks washed (and out of shape). Apart from physical decline, bad coaching also seems to have changed his entire approach. Retirement? I don’t want to see him take more damage.
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) September 27, 2020
ROYVAL GUILLOTINES KARA-FRANCE
PROS: That was a wild fight! Scrambles, knockdowns, and even a gogoplata attempt! Royval got dropped but came back to choke him out.
CONS: NONE! That was so good.
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) September 27, 2020
BLACHOWICZ TKOs REYES
PROS: We have a new champ at 205 lbs! Jan fought smart, landed good combos, hard kicks, and eventually hurt and finished Reyes.
CONS: Who’s next? It feels weird without Jones, but I want him at HW.
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) September 27, 2020
ADESANYA OUTCLASSES COSTA
PROS: Adesanya did what he said and made Costa look like he didn’t even belong in there. He was levels apart, and made it look too easy.
CONS: Costa kept a poker face, but he was completely bewildered out there.https://t.co/PDQ7dVZhlP
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) September 27, 2020
#UFC253 OVERALL
PROS: New era at 205. Royval put on a show. Adesanya should be promoted as much as humanly possible cause he’ll probably hold this belt for a while
CONS: Can we bring back Adesanya’s entrances? Slow start, but kinda expected with prelim-level bouts on a PPV card
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) September 27, 2020
And that’s about it. For more social media musings, follow me on twitter over at @antontabuena, and of course you should do that for Bloody Elbow’s official twitter account as well.
Check out fighters’ twitter reactions along with more of our event coverage below:
- Pros react to Adesanya’s domination of Costa at UFC 253
- Pros react to Jan Blachowicz TKO of Dominick Reyes at UFC 253
- UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa results and post-fight analysis
- Dominant! Watch Adesanya vs Costa highlights from UFC 253
- UFC 253 post-fight bonuses: Adesanya dominates Costa