Tag: Israel Adesanya

Paulo Costa Calls Israel Adesanya A Fake UFC Champion

Paulo Costa isn’t impressed by Israel Adesanya’s interim Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title win. Adesanya went one-on-one with Kelvin Gastelum last night (April 13). “The Last Stylebender” and Gastelum engag…

Paulo Costa isn’t impressed by Israel Adesanya’s interim Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title win. Adesanya went one-on-one with Kelvin Gastelum last night (April 13). “The Last Stylebender” and Gastelum engaged in a bout that is considered to be an early “Fight of the Year” candidate. Adesanya captured interim gold via unanimous decision. Costa Not […]

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Paulo Costa Calls Out ‘Fake Champ’ Israel Adesanya

Despite the MMA world heaping praise on the co-main event of UFC 236, No. 7- ranked middleweight Paulo Costa was not impressed by Israel Adesanya’s performance. “Borrachinha” wasted little time calling out the new interim middleweight champion as he took to Instagram to voice his concern for the division. “Really this is the interim (fake) […]

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Despite the MMA world heaping praise on the co-main event of UFC 236, No. 7- ranked middleweight Paulo Costa was not impressed by Israel Adesanya’s performance.

“Borrachinha” wasted little time calling out the new interim middleweight champion as he took to Instagram to voice his concern for the division.

“Really this is the interim (fake) champ? Hahah. No doubt this weight division has already been better than this (expletive). Enjoy this while you can man, I really hope that you take the real belt one day to meet me. Note: And I’m not the Gastelum.”

Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum put on one heck of a show at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday night. Both fighters surely left a piece of themselves in the Octagon. For their efforts, both men earned ‘Fight Of The Night’ honors and the accompanying $50,000 that goes with it, as did the gentlemen involved in the main event.

As UFC President Dana White specified at the post-fight press conference, Adesanya will now meet middleweight champ Robert Whittaker in a unification bout later this year in Australia.

Costa was scheduled to fight Yoel Romero at UFC on ESPN 3, however, he was pulled from the card because he is having issues with the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) due to medication for his stomach.

Both Adesanya (17-0) and Costa (12-0) are unbeaten in their professional careers. If both keep winning, it is probable they will meet in the Octagon one day soon.

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Israel Adesanya Says He Was Willing To Die & Kill At UFC 236

Israel Adesanya says he was prepared to risk it all for the interim Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight gold. Adesanya went one-on-one with Kelvin Gastelum in the co-main event of UFC 236. The bout was an instant classic and an early cont…

Israel Adesanya says he was prepared to risk it all for the interim Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight gold. Adesanya went one-on-one with Kelvin Gastelum in the co-main event of UFC 236. The bout was an instant classic and an early contender for “Fight of the Year.” In the end, Adesanya walked out of the […]

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Israel Adesanya Was “Willing To Die” In Kelvin Gastelum Fight

Israel Adesanya was willing to go to great lengths to win the interim UFC middleweight title. The rising contender became a champion when he picked up a decision win over Kelvin Gastelum 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 […]

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Israel Adesanya was willing to go to great lengths to win the interim UFC middleweight title.

The rising contender became a champion when he picked up a decision win over Kelvin Gastelum 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.

Adesanya made it known during the post-fight press conference while talking with the media that he wanted to finish Gastelum. That didn’t happen, but he was prepared to go the distance to get it done.

“I wanted to finish it,” Adesanya said (H/T to MMAFighting). “I was willing to die, so I was willing to kill.”

Many fans praised the bout for being so good online and it’s battle that fans won’t soon forget. There were some points in this bout that Adesanya got rocked, but he’s not one to quit in a fight.

“I’m not one to quit,” Adesanya said. “I’m strong mentally. I’m bulletproof in the brain. And I’m fucked in the head a little bit. I just know you’re not gonna break me, because I’ve had eight guys, 10 guys — I was gonna say run a train, but in a different way — on me in training. And I’m like, if they can’t break me, one man can’t break me. And he’s a tough, tough one hell of a man. I found something deep. I found like another level. I’ve been there in training before, but I found another level of just that darkness.”

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UFC 236 Results: Dustin Poirier, Israel Adesanya Main Card’s Biggest Winners

UFC 236 gave fans not one, but two Fight of the Year candidates as Dustin Poirier and Israel Adesanya both claimed interim title belts in epic battles with Max Holloway and Kelvin Gastelum, respectively, on Saturday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta…

UFC 236 gave fans not one, but two Fight of the Year candidates as Dustin Poirier and Israel Adesanya both claimed interim title belts in epic battles with Max Holloway and Kelvin Gastelum, respectively, on Saturday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta…