In a video seen by The Eagle Online, which trended on Saturday, the crowd at the event went wild in jubilation.
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Adesanya has accepted guilt in the case in which he was pulled over by cops on August 19 in Auckland, New Zealand.
The feat by the United States of America-born mixed martial artist saw all judges scoring the fight in this favour.
Israel Adesanya’s next middleweight title defence will not come against the opponent many initially anticipated.
Adesanya lost his middleweight title at UFC 281 last weekend when he was stopped in the final round by Alex Pereria.
He fought against middleweight contender Cannonier at the T-mobile Arena, Las Vegas Sunday morning.
Adesanya, the reigning UFC middleweight champion, is basking in the glow of two recent career highlights: his successful UFC 271 title defense against Robert Whittaker and the signing of a new lucrative contract.
Over 16,000 fans packed into the Toyota Center to watch a middleweight title rematch almost three years in the making
Ahead of a rematch at UFC 271, Adesanya (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) said he’d be lying if he told reporters Whittaker (23-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC) hadn’t improved since their first meeting in October 2019.
The current UFC welterweight champion has completely dominated at 170lbs ever since making his debut back in 2015 against Leon Edwards.
The two are scheduled to meet in a rematch that will serve as the main event of the UFC 271 pay-per-view card.
But City Kickboxing head coach, Eugene Bareman, who represents Adesanya ahead of the UFC 271, insisted that their middleweight rematch has yet to be finalised by Team Whittaker despite the “stupid tweets” making the rounds on social media.
The pair had previously met when Adesanya claimed a split-decision victory over Vettori in April 2018 in the Nigerian-born Kiwi’s second UFC bout
Adesanya, 31, entered UFC 259 on the cusp of becoming just the fifth UFC star to hold titles in simultaneous weight classes, with the Last Stylebender favourite to see off light heavyweight champion Blachowicz.
The judges scored the bout 49-46, 49-45 and 49-45, all for Blachowicz.
The match was decided in the early hours of Sunday.
The Nigerian steps into the octagon against Jan Blachowicz, the light-heavyweight title-holder, in a bid to add to his middleweight championship honours.
Adesanya, who boasts a 20-0 UFC record, is the reigning middleweight champion after defending his title against Paulo Costa in September, but is now moving up to light heavyweight.
Tyson and Jones, two legends of the boxing ring, will meet in a special, eight-round exhibition bout this Saturday night.
The 31-year-old silenced his critics with a comprehensive win over rival Costa, a formerly undefeated Brazilian, and the pair had not seen eye to eye in the build up to their bout on Fight Island.