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Watch Israel Adesanya, Paulo Costa Share Respectful Moment Following UFC 253 Fight (Video)

Adesanya CostaThe beef was finally settled and there was even some respect shown between Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa after their fight. Adesanya silenced his critics as well as Costa and his camp by dominating him throughout their middleweight title headliner at UFC 253 on Saturday night. Costa exhibited his fair share of gamesmanship during the […]

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The beef was finally settled and there was even some respect shown between Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa after their fight.

Adesanya silenced his critics as well as Costa and his camp by dominating him throughout their middleweight title headliner at UFC 253 on Saturday night.

Costa exhibited his fair share of gamesmanship during the fight, but was receiving plenty of leg kicks and not throwing enough strikes in the process. In the end, it proved deadly as Adesanya caught him with a head kick which rocked Costa before dropping him with a left hook soon after and earning the TKO win in the second round.

It was a devastating way for Costa to lose given all his trash talk towards Adesanya leading up to the fight as well as during the fight.

And while Adesanya certainly celebrated as much as he could following the win, he did go and embrace Costa as the two showed mutual respect to each other.

You can watch the moment below:

As for where Costa goes from here remains to be seen as it will be considerably hard for him to bounce back from this performance.

Adesanya, meanwhile, is only looking ahead as he is already targeting his next title defense against Jared Cannonier.

What did you make of Adesanya and Costa’s moment?

Dana White Claims It’s “Very Possible” The UFC Book Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal Next

CovingtonIt seems the UFC may be making somewhat of a change of original plans. Reports began to circulate recently, that the promotion was targeting a symbolic BMF championship rematch between incumbent titleholder, Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal and Nate Diaz for UFC 247 in January. Now it seems that scenario isn’t as likely as first thought. The […]

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It seems the UFC may be making somewhat of a change of original plans. Reports began to circulate recently, that the promotion was targeting a symbolic BMF championship rematch between incumbent titleholder, Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal and Nate Diaz for UFC 247 in January. Now it seems that scenario isn’t as likely as first thought.

The promotion was reportedly working on a re-run between the Floridian and Californian for a pay-per-view event next year, following Masvidal’s controversial doctor’s stoppage win over Diaz at UFC 244 in November of last year at Madison Square Garden.

With former interim welterweight titleholder, Colby ‘Chaos’ Covington recently returning to winning ways at UFC Fight Night Vegas 11 with a dominant fifth-round stoppage of Tyron Woodley – the former American Top Team stablemate of Masvidal called for a grudge match with the veteran.

Speaking with The Mac Life reporter, Oscar Willis following UFC 253 on ‘Fight Island’ tonight – promotional leader, Dana White explained how it’s now “very possible” the promotion push forward with plans for Covington vs. Masvidal, rather than a BMF title sequel.

“Yeah, it’s very possible,” White replied when asked if the promotion were targeting Covington opposite Masvidal next. “I don’t even know if we talked to Nate (Diaz) yet, but yeah, after the Colby (Covington) fight how do you not make that fight. That’s a fight that makes sense. The Nate Diaz rematch is gonna be there no matter what happens“

Whilst Covington called his shot for a title rematch opposite current kingpin, Kamaru ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Usman following his fifth-round knockout loss at UFC 245 in December of last year – the Colvis native voiced his willingness to match with Masvidal at the very least.

A high-stakes, bad-blooded clash with Covington would mark Masvidal’s first Octagon appearance since UFC 251 in July – where he played short-notice replacement opposite the above mentioned, Usman, dropping his first promotional title challenge in a one-sided unanimous decision loss. The five-round judging defeat marked Masvidal’s first blemish after a scintillating three-fight streak. 

Israel Adesanya Takes Out Paulo Costa – UFC 253 Highlights

Israel Adesanya proved his critics wrong. Adesanya took on Paulo Costa in the main event of UFC 253 on Saturday night in a highly-anticipated fight. The first round was certainly eventful but mainly for Costa’s gamesmanship as Adesanya was slowly picking him apart with leg kicks. Costa’s demise ultimately came in the second round as […]

Israel Adesanya proved his critics wrong.

Adesanya took on Paulo Costa in the main event of UFC 253 on Saturday night in a highly-anticipated fight.

The first round was certainly eventful but mainly for Costa’s gamesmanship as Adesanya was slowly picking him apart with leg kicks. Costa’s demise ultimately came in the second round as Adesanya caught him with a head kick before clipping him with a left hook during an exchange to ultimately get the finish.

You can watch the highlights below:

What did you think of Adesanya’s performance?

UFC 253 Bonuses: Two Performance Checks, FOTN Honors

The UFC 253 bonuses have been released. The pay-per-view event took place in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi at the Flash Forum aka Fight Island. Headlining the card was a clash between Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa for the middleweight title.  This fight…

The UFC 253 bonuses have been released. The pay-per-view event took place in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi at the Flash Forum aka Fight Island. Headlining the card was a clash between Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa for the middleweight title.  This fight saw it end early as Adesanya managed to drop him with a counter […]

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Jan Blachowicz Knocks Out Dominick Reyes To Become Champion – UFC 253 Highlights

BlachowiczWe have a new light heavyweight king in Jan Blachowicz. Blachowicz took on Dominick Reyes in the co-main event of UFC 253 on Saturday night to determine the new champion at 205 pounds. The first round was all Blachowicz as he landed a number of body kicks which continued in the second round. However, he […]

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We have a new light heavyweight king in Jan Blachowicz.

Blachowicz took on Dominick Reyes in the co-main event of UFC 253 on Saturday night to determine the new champion at 205 pounds.

The first round was all Blachowicz as he landed a number of body kicks which continued in the second round. However, he would go on to hurt Reyes with strikes before eventually dropping him emphatically to get the finish.

Now a winner of seven of his last eight, Blachowicz has finally become a UFC champion at the age of 37.

You can watch the finish below:

What did you think of Blachowicz’s performance?

Brandon Royval Taps Kai Kara-France In Crazy Fight – UFC 253 Results

Kara-France RoyvalNext up on the UFC 253 main card is a flyweight bout between Kai Kara-France and Brandon Royval. Round 1: Royval starts off with some kicks. Kara-France drops Royval with a right as he attempts a kick. However, Royval drops him soon after with a spinning elbow. They’re both on the ground and Royval looks […]

Kara-France Royval

Next up on the UFC 253 main card is a flyweight bout between Kai Kara-France and Brandon Royval.

Round 1: Royval starts off with some kicks. Kara-France drops Royval with a right as he attempts a kick. However, Royval drops him soon after with a spinning elbow. They’re both on the ground and Royval looks to sink in a submission with a tight grip on Kara-France’s arm. He transitions to side control and then full mount. However, Kara-France scrambles and eventually gets to his feet. Royval is pressuring Kara-France with a wide array of strikes. Kara-France returns with some strikes of his own but Royval lands a knee that drops Kara-France. He looks to sink in the guillotine but Kara-France gets to his feet. Royval sweeps and they return to striking. Royval continues to pressure and throw strikes as both fighters land. The round comes to an end in what should be a round for Royval.

Round 2: Royval continues where he left off from the first round as he continues to land strikes and pressure Kara-France. He sinks in the guillotine while countering a takedown attempt from Kara-France and gets the submission win soon after.

Official result: Brandon Royval defeats Kai Kara-France via guillotine submission (R2, 0:48).