If you’re not excited for Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 2, I feel bad for you. Go ahead. Pull yourself up out of the muck that is the recent MMA news cycle and enjoy…
If you’re not excited for Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 2, I feel bad for you. Go ahead. Pull yourself up out of the muck that is the recent MMA news cycle and enjoy…
Israel Adesanya will meet Kelvin Gastelum in the co-main event of UFC 236 in Atlanta on Saturday. “The Last Stylebender” has seen a fast rise up the ranks, and has quickly become one of the hottest fighters on the UFC roster…
Israel Adesanya will meet Kelvin Gastelum in the co-main event of UFC 236 in Atlanta on Saturday. “The Last Stylebender” has seen a fast rise up the ranks, and has quickly become one of the hottest fighters on the UFC roster…
The UFC 236 open workouts took place earlier today. Both men involved in the co-main event of the evening look ready for fight night. A new interim middleweight champion will be decided when Kelvin Gastelum meets Israel Adesanya on Saturday night. But before the two fighters make the walk to the Octagon, they have to […]
The UFC 236 open workouts took place earlier today. Both men involved in the co-main event of the evening look ready for fight night.
A new interim middleweight champion will be decided when Kelvin Gastelum meets Israel Adesanya on Saturday night. But before the two fighters make the walk to the Octagon, they have to take part in fight week.
The UFC 236 open workouts were held today (Wed., April 10, 2019). First up was “The Last Style Bender” (via Twitter):
Adesanya is a gifted striker who has a swift tongue to match. He will likely try to keep the fight on the feet and outbox Gastelum using his nine-inch reach advantage. However, he has never faced a wrestler with the chops of the former TUF winner.
As for Gastelum, his open workout was much more closely guarded. He did not do too much other than throwing a couple of punching combinations. Gastelum will likely look to get this fight to the ground, but we didn’t see any sign of that earlier today.
Israel Adesanya claims he can ‘f**k Kelvin Gastelum up’ using nothing but his jab in their interim middleweight title fight on Saturday night. Fight week is always entertaining, and UFC 236’s lead-up has been a chip off the old block. Adesanya will meet Gastelum in the co-main event of the evening on Saturday night to […]
Israel Adesanya claims he can ‘f**k Kelvin Gastelum up’ using nothing but his jab in their interim middleweight title fight on Saturday night.
Fight week is always entertaining, and UFC 236’s lead-up has been a chip off the old block. Adesanya will meet Gastelum in the co-main event of the evening on Saturday night to decide the interim 185-pound champ.
“The Last Stylebender” was his usual self earlier today at the open workout scrums. But he just might have revealed his game plan to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto (via Twitter:
Adesanya’s rise has been memorable. The striking phenom will no doubt try to keep the fight standing against Gastelum. The Nigerian boasts an impressive 85% takedown defense rate inside the Octagon, but he has never faced an opponent with the wrestling pedigree of Gastelum.
UFC 236 takes place April 13 inside the State Farm Arena from Atlanta, Georgia.
Israel Adesanya calls fighting Anderson Silva, not Kelvin Gastelum his toughest opponent to date. Adesanya and Gastelum are slated to share the Octagon for interim middleweight championship at the UFC 236 pay-per-view event. This comes after UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker continues to recover from surgery and is on the sidelines. While doing a recent interview, […]
Israel Adesanya calls fighting Anderson Silva, not Kelvin Gastelum his toughest opponent to date.
Adesanya and Gastelum are slated to share the Octagon for interim middleweight championship at the UFC 236 pay-per-view event. This comes after UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker continues to recover from surgery and is on the sidelines.
While doing a recent interview, the rising contender made it known that he doesn’t consider Gastelum his toughest challenge to date despite Gastelum being the top title contender in the division.
“No, it’s not the hardest fight of my MMA career so far,” Adesanya said in a recent interview with EMG Access.
The contender scored a decision win over former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in the headliner of the UFC 234 pay-per-view event. This event took place on February 9, 2019 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.
For Adesanya, fighting Silva, who many have compared him to due to their fighting styles, was his toughest opponent.
“I’d give that to the Silva fight,” Adesanya said (H/T to MMANews). “I think more mentally challenging. It was physically challenging as well, but more mentally challenging in the sense that I had to beat myself.”
The UFC 236 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum will serve as the co-main event for this weekend’s UFC 236 event, which will air from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. This will be Israel Adesanya’s first time serving as the co-headliner of a pay per view,…
Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum will serve as the co-main event for this weekend’s UFC 236 event, which will air from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. This will be Israel Adesanya’s first time serving as the co-headliner of a pay per view, and he will look to use the opportunity to cash in […]