Tyson and Jones, two legends of the boxing ring, will meet in a special, eight-round exhibition bout this Saturday night.
Browsing: Israel Adesanya
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.
A statement by the commission’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, stated that Dabiri-Erewa was excited by the success of the two great Nigerian boxers.
When Adesanya vs Costa kicked off, there was less action in the first round as both MMA fighters traded few kicks and punches with the Brazilian professional mixed martial artist pressing Adesanya, but throwing few shots
The first two rounds featured very few exchanges between the fighters, but Romero appeared to have the two most significant strikes in the opening 10 minutes, including an overhand left that appeared to hurt Adesanya’s eye in the first
The “Last Stylebender” defends his 185lbs title against the fearsome Yoel Romero at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night at UFC 248
UFC President Dana White has confirmed the promotion hope to match middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero.
New UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, believes he will eventually see former champ Robert Whitaker in the Octagon again one day.
In all, it took Adesanya 3 minutes 35 seconds