The current fifth-ranked UFC pound-for-pound fighter, Israel Adesanya, has a solid record of 23 wins out of his 25 professional MMA appearances. After winning the UFC middleweight title against Robert Whittaker at UFC 243, the Kiwi star reigned as a champion for more than three years while defending the title five times, settling big names … Read more
The rumors and fan theories regarding the next middleweight title fight were all over the place recently. Reigning champ Alex Pereira has teased a potential matchup against Robert Whittaker and later sized up Light-heavyweight champ Jamahal Hill. After the announcement of Alex Pereira vs Israel Adesanya for UFC 287, fans have finally received some clarity. … Read more
Israel Adesanya of New Zealand lost his UFC middleweight title in the main event of UFC 281 to his old rival Alex Pereira via TKO in the fifth round. After losing the title and appearing in the MMA Hour show, The Last Styleblender expressed his desire to fight the Brazilian again to settle his previous … Read more
The middleweight division in the UFC ran slightly stale after Robert Whittaker failed to land a fight and Khamzat’s fight with Costa didn’t materialize. All the other top contenders are just fighting each other at this point and some fans are tired. The current champ Alex Pereira wants to bring some light back to his … Read more
The middleweight division is about to get more interesting now that Israel Adesanya is the champ no more. Sure, it was interesting to see the Kiwi pull his cringe antics on other clueless fighters but his last fights were rather boring. Champion Alex Pereira is currently eyeing a return to defend his middleweight title but … Read more
Oh how the times have changed for the ‘Three African Kings’! Going into 2022 Kamaru Usman, Israel Adesanya and Francis Ngannou ruled the Welterweight, Middleweight, and Heavyweight divisions respectively. But just within one year, all three have lost their access to the gold in one way or the other. In UFC 278, Kamaru Usman was … Read more
Recently, the last Stylebender flaunted multiple pictures and videos of his tattoos on his social media accounts as a symbol of his rebirth, which actually shows the seriousness of his upcoming bout against Poatan. It was observed that he got three new tattoos: the neckpiece is the picture of the Egyptian god Montu, confirmed by … Read more
In addition to the numerous other tattoos already on his body, Israel Adesanya recently added three new tattoos to his collection. A photograph reveals that the new tattoos are located on the neck, above the right eye, and below the left eye. The Nigeria-born MMA fighter showcased his most recent tattoo collections through stories on Instagram … Read more
The concept of a ‘Personal Boogeyman’ is nothing new in combat sports. Be it Alexander Volkanovski to Max Holloway or Jon Jones to Daniel Cormier, it seems even the best fighters sometimes have opponents that they just can not beat. However, unlike the previous examples, Israel actually hasn’t given up on beating his long-time rival … Read more
Raul Rosas Jr. started his professional MMA journey in November 2021 but got huge recognition when this Mexican fighter joined Dana White’s contender series back in September 2022. The 18-year-old already had a 7-fight winning streak with no losses in his professional career. In his last appearance on the preliminary card of UFC 282, Rosas … Read more
