UFC 230’s Derek Brunson Says Israel Adesanya Is No Jon Jones

Derek Brunson isn’t in awe of Israel Adesanya and he certainly isn’t comparing “The Last Stylebender” to Jon Jones. Tonight (Nov. 3), Brunson will go one-on-one with Adesanya in the main card opener of UFC 230. The action will b…

Derek Brunson isn’t in awe of Israel Adesanya and he certainly isn’t comparing “The Last Stylebender” to Jon Jones. Tonight (Nov. 3), Brunson will go one-on-one with Adesanya in the main card opener of UFC 230. The action will be held inside the world famous Madison Square Garden in New York City. This is a […]

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UFC 230 Fight Card: PPV Schedule, Odds and Predictions for Cormier vs. Lewis

Derrick Lewis captured the attention and hearts of fans with a memorable performance at UFC 229, now he’ll look to parlay that into a championship at UFC 230 against Daniel Cormier…

Derrick Lewis captured the attention and hearts of fans with a memorable performance at UFC 229, now he’ll look to parlay that into a championship at UFC 230 against Daniel Cormier…

UFC 230 Could Be Israel Adesanya’s Breakthrough Moment

UFC middleweight Israel Adesanya has the opportunity of a lifetime this weekend to turn into a legitimate title contender on the big stage when he takes on Derek Brunson on the main PPV card of UFC 230, which takes place this Saturday night at Madison …

UFC middleweight Israel Adesanya has the opportunity of a lifetime this weekend to turn into a legitimate title contender on the big stage when he takes on Derek Brunson on the main PPV card of UFC 230, which takes place this Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It’s the highest-profile fight […]

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UFC 230’s Derek Brunson: I’m Not Fighting To Get Israel Adesanya’s Spot

Derek Brunson wants to make it clear that Israel Adesanya is gunning for his spot, not the other way around. Brunson and Adesanya will do battle in a grudge match this Saturday night (Nov. 3). This is another huge step for Adesanya, who is coming off a…

Derek Brunson wants to make it clear that Israel Adesanya is gunning for his spot, not the other way around. Brunson and Adesanya will do battle in a grudge match this Saturday night (Nov. 3). This is another huge step for Adesanya, who is coming off a stellar performance against Brad Tavares. Many believe if […]

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Adesanya Wants Brunson to Know He’s F**ked Before Getting Finished

Israel Adesanya and Derek Brunson have no love lost for one another. Sometimes we as human beings develop enemies or just grow to generally dislike an individual without even knowing the origin of the disdain. Israel Adesanya is not one of them…at leas…

Israel Adesanya and Derek Brunson have no love lost for one another. Sometimes we as human beings develop enemies or just grow to generally dislike an individual without even knowing the origin of the disdain. Israel Adesanya is not one of them…at least not when it comes to Derek Brunson. No, Adesanya remembers the precise […]

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Israel Adesanya Is On Standby For Whittaker vs. Gastelum Fight

Israel Adesanya is chasing his title opportunity.

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Israel Adesanya is on standby for Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum’s UFC middleweight title fight.

Whittaker and Gastelum will coach opposite one another on The Ultimate Fighter Season 28 (TUF 28). After the show’s conclusion, the pair will clash with the 185-pound title on the line. Adesanya would love to be the UFC’s backup plan in case things don’t work out.

Adesanya told Submission Radio he knows the UFC pays fighters to be on standby for fights. In his last fight, the main event of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 27 Finale, Thiago Santos was put on standby after Brad Tavares suffered an apparent ankle injury.

“Stylebender” called it “easy money”:

“Cause you never know – someone might slip on a banana peel,” Adesanya said. “(Expletive) happens. You know, another case of horse meat or whatever, Mexican supplements. It’s happened so many times.

“It’s easy money anyway. What, I can get paid to make weight? If I can fight, sure, I’ll do that as well. But paid to make weight? Why not.”

A Veteran Challenge

Before he can think about that, however, Adesanya has quite a tough test ahead of him. He’ll fight Derek Brunson at UFC 230 form Madison Square Garden in November. The pair had a heated staredown at the UFC’s 25th Anniversary Press Conference:

“If not for (UFC President) Dana (White) holding him back, he would have leaned right into a punch or an uppercut or something, cause I had my fist on his chest,” Adesanya said.

“So that’s exactly how he’s gonna fight. You see me, I establish the range, boom, fist on his chest. And you see him just rushing in even with Dana in the middle, and Dana had to hold him back.

“That’s exactly how he’s gonna fight. It’s already said and done. He does his habits and my habit is winning. And winning’s a habit, so I’m gonna keep winning.”

Adesanya said he hopes Brunson lasts into the second round. He wants to see the “broken” look on his adversary’s face before the commencement of the next round:

“I hope he goes to the second round, cause I wanna look across the cage from him, and there’s a moment when you look across the cage from them after the first round and you can just see they’re already broken or half of them is broken,” Adesanya said.

“I just want to see that in his face and him know that he’s (expletive), and then I can finish him. But I don’t know, he might not last the first. So, we’ll see.”

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