Dana White Defends Interim Titles After Back-to-Back Wars at UFC 236

UFC president Dana White has never understood the backlash about introducing interim titles in the mix in any given division. The argument against interim titles typically revolves around the UFC seemingly putting a championship up for grabs whenever a…

UFC president Dana White has never understood the backlash about introducing interim titles in the mix in any given division. The argument against interim titles typically revolves around the UFC seemingly putting a championship up for grabs whenever a card is in need of a headliner with limited options available. While there are no rules […]

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UFC 236 Salaries: Israel Adesanya & Max Holloway Top List

The Georgia State Athletic Commission released the UFC 236 salaries on and some of the top tier talents got paid some major cash. Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier for the interim lightweight championship headlined the show. Poirier earned $250,000 while…

The Georgia State Athletic Commission released the UFC 236 salaries on and some of the top tier talents got paid some major cash. Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier for the interim lightweight championship headlined the show. Poirier earned $250,000 while Holloway got $350,000. Kelvin Gastelum vs. Israel Adesanya for the interim middleweight championship served as […]

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Israel Adesanya Blasts Jon Jones, Responds To Paulo Costa

Israel Adesanya is well aware of comments from Jon Jones and Paulo Costa following UFC 236. Adesanya became the interim UFC middleweight champion this past Saturday night (April 13). “The Last Stylebender” engaged in a five-round war with K…

Israel Adesanya is well aware of comments from Jon Jones and Paulo Costa following UFC 236. Adesanya became the interim UFC middleweight champion this past Saturday night (April 13). “The Last Stylebender” engaged in a five-round war with Kelvin Gastelum. In the end, Adesanya captured the 185-pound gold via unanimous decision. Adesanya Responds To Jones […]

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Dana White Comments On Possibility Of Jon Jones vs. Israel Adesanya

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White doesn’t want to get too ahead of things with Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya. Adesanya captured the interim UFC middleweight title in a thrilling bout against Kelvin Gastelum. “The Las…

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White doesn’t want to get too ahead of things with Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya. Adesanya captured the interim UFC middleweight title in a thrilling bout against Kelvin Gastelum. “The Last Stylebender” defeated Gastelum via unanimous decision in the co-main event of UFC 236 and is now set for […]

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Israel Adesanya Has Classy Response To Kelvin Gastelum’s Statement

Israel Adesanya has a classy response once seeing a statement that his latest opponent issued on Monday morning. Adesanya has had a quick journey to becoming a champion under the UFC banner. The newly crowned interim UFC middleweight champion beat Kelvin Gastelum by decision in the co-headliner of the UFC 236 pay-per-view event. The show […]

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Israel Adesanya has a classy response once seeing a statement that his latest opponent issued on Monday morning. Adesanya has had a quick journey to becoming a champion under the UFC banner.

The newly crowned interim UFC middleweight champion beat Kelvin Gastelum by decision in the co-headliner of the UFC 236 pay-per-view event. The show went down on Saturday night (April 13, 2019) at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

Gastelum, who was the #1 contender heading into this fight, issued a statement about the loss. Adesanya saw the statement posted online and took to his official Twitter account.

This is where he praised Gastelum for the fight that he brought to the Octagon. He also gave thanks to him for being a tough competitor. He wrote the following:

“It came down to the wire…we both put in on for the culture of fighting. You know me and I know you now, this is the fights movies are made of, that 5th round was some legendary shit. It was only possible cuz I had a man as tough as @KelvinGastelum to dance with. So thank you KG.”

Now, the plan is for Adesanya to challenge UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker for the title later this year.

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Future Of Lightweight & Middleweight Divisions Is More Clear Following UFC 236

UFC 236 was flying a bit under the radar for whatever reason, but it turned out to be one of the most spectacular cards of the year to date. The top two fights on the card lived up to the hype and then some as the fighters involved competed in two of t…

UFC 236 was flying a bit under the radar for whatever reason, but it turned out to be one of the most spectacular cards of the year to date. The top two fights on the card lived up to the hype and then some as the fighters involved competed in two of the best MMA […]

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