Israel adesanya

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from April 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for April. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice. Adesanya finally landed the punches he sought for years – and when they landed, he once again became the UFC middleweight champion. In the UFC 287 main event in Miami, Adesanya defeated Pereira by knockout at 4:21 of Round 2.It was rivalry’s fourth in combat sports and the second in MMA. It was also the first Adesanya won. Pereira entered the bout at 3-0 in the lifetime series, with two kickboxing wins (one by knockout and one by decision) and a UFC title-earning TKO victory over Adesanya at UFC 281 in November. Both of Pereira’s stoppage victories were late-round comebacks, further igniting the uneasy feelings with Adesanya. The first round was a leg kick battle. Adesanya utilized his technical striking as Pereira leaned on his signature power. A close opening five minutes of point-fighting was followed by a more aggressive second round from both fighters, particularly Pereira, who landed a hard knee and punches combination. With Adesanya against the cage, Pereira attempted more strikes but was met by two conscious-stealing right hands. Adesanya landed one massive hammerfist follow-up before referee Dan Miragliotta dove in to save the stiffened Pereira. That...

• Height: 6’4″ Age: 33 Weight: 185 lbs. Reach: 80″ • Last fight: • Camp: City Kickboxing (New Zealand) • Stance/striking style: Switch-stance/kickboxing • Risk management: Good Supplemental info: + UFC middleweight champion + Regional MMA titles + Professional kickboxing experience (76-5-2) + Professional boxing experience (5-1) + Brazilian jiu-jitsu purple belt + 15 knockout victories + 7 first-round finishes + Knockout power + Consistent pace + Superb feints and footwork + Creative striking flow ^ Variates well to the body + Dynamic kicking arsenal + Improved counter wrestling ^ Underhooks, getups, separations + Active and attacking guard game Staple info: • Height: 6’4″ Age: 35 Weight: 185 lbs. Reach: 79″ • Last fight: • Camp: Teixeira MMA & Fitness/Glover’s Garage (Danbury, CT) • Stance/striking style: Orthodox/kickboxing • Risk management: Good Supplemental info: + 5x Glory middleweight champion + Glory light heavyweight title + Pro kickboxing record: 33-7 (21 wins by KO) + Amateur kickboxing record: 25-3 + Kickboxing black belt + 5 KO victories + 3 first-round finishes + Knockout power ^ Superb proprioception and accuracy + Devastating left hook and right cross ^ Times splits and counters well + Dangerous knees up the middle + Strong inside the clinch ^ Underhooks, overhooks and separations + Shows a serviceable getup game +/- Limited sample size on the floor The main event inside The Garden features a middleweight title fight between two high-level strikers whose Wh...

For years, Adesanya and Jones have traded shots with one another in interviews and on social media, with the tantalizing prospect of a superfight always dangling over the public beef. Outside of a loss to rival However, Jones recently offered some surprising praise of Adesanya in an interview with “In the UFC, my favorite fighter right now, I hate to admit it, but I would say Israel Adesanya,” Jones said. “Israel Adesanya, him and I are not friends, but he’s probably the most entertaining guy in the organization right now. His whole story with Pereira, that whole saga they had, it was probably the most entertaining thing I’ve seen out of the UFC in a while.” Adesanya was informed of the comments during an appearance on the Impaulsive podcast, and after initially questioning their veracity and laughing them off, he responded. “I’ve been a fan of Jon since I saw him at UFC 94, he fought “Then I responded back and then we had beef. For a few years it was like that, then after I fought [Paulo] Costa it went really deep. That was around the time it could have happened, but I don’t know what happened. Scheduling, COVID reasons, and I fought Jan [Blachowicz]. But yeah, real recognize real, I’ll put it that way.” Talk of a fight between Adesanya and Jones has cooled over the years, with Adesanya revisiting his rivalry with Pereira and Jones moving up to heavyweight, where he defeated “For me, growth is something you have to go through as a human being, as a man especially,” Adesan...

Israel Adesanya at UFC 230 Born Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya ( 1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age33) Nickname(s) The Last Stylebender Residence Nationality Nigerian New Zealander Height 6ft 4in (1.93m) Weight 185lb (84kg; 13st 3lb) Division Reach 80in (203cm) Style Fighting out of Team Trainer Andrei Păuleț: Rank Purple belt in under Years active 2010–present Total 6 Wins 5 Byknockout 1 Losses 1 Total 80 Wins 75 Byknockout 29 Losses 5 Byknockout 1 Total 26 Wins 24 Byknockout 16 Bydecision 8 Losses 2 Byknockout 1 Bydecision 1 Other information Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya Early life and background Adesanya was born in Following high school graduation, Adesanya enrolled in a Adesanya is multilingual. He is fluent in Professional kickboxing career Early beginnings In May 2010, Adesanya won the first fight of his seven-fight winning streak, defeating Tim Atonio by unanimous decision. He won his next six fights, fighting almost exclusively with Adesanya participated in the Moving up in weight, Adesanya participated in the 2015 The Heavyweights III, as well. He defeated Nase Foai by TKO in the quarterfinal and Dan Roberts by KO in the semifinal, before facing Jamie Eades in the finals. The two had previously met in the final of the 2014 Cruiserweight tournament. Adesanya won the tournament final by unanimous decision. Glory Middleweight Championship Adesanya won five of his next six fights, including victories over Adesany...

Poatan on the hunt for gold! For more on Adesanya vs. Pereira, check out the Round 1 Pereira charges across the cage with a jumping front kick to start that Izzy sidesteps. Izzy in southpaw, Pereira in orthodox. And both men kicking and checking immediately. Izzy is on the outside early as Pereira walks him down, flashing the lead hand. Both me active with low kicks. Some checks from both though. Neither committing too much other than the kicks. Pereira lands a couple good ones and then goes high. Izzy starts coming forward now. He’s feinting a lot, but Pereira isn’t biting. Yet, at least. Izzy goes high with a kick that’s blocked. We’re seeing patient kickboxing here. And Izzy lands a stinging right hand counter to a low kick that stumbles Pereira back. Not huge, but caught him at the right time. First blood for the champion. Pereira walking Izzy down now and chipping with that low kick. Left hook from Pereira misses. Izzy slips a head kick, but Pereira has Izzy back against the fence. Izzy gets his own leg kick to land, and then goes high. He’s using that high kick to back Pereira off the pressure. Pereira returns fire with his own but Izzy blocks. And kicks low. And then gets one into the body. Pereira swings a right hand, Izzy looks for a counter, both come up just short. Pereira really crowding Izzy now and lands a good kick to the body. Izzy low kick. Pereira staying in Izzy’s grill. And lands another body kick. Just misses a hook. And then a jumping knee as Izzy piv...

Jan Blachowicz has been doubted at every turn on his rise to becoming the light heavyweight champion, and it continued ahead of his first title defense on Saturday. But once again, Blachowicz defied the odds and retained his championship in the main event of UFC 259 with a win over middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in the Kiwi's bid to become a two-division champion. Blachowicz and Adesanya fought a tense first three rounds, with both men looking to minimize mistakes and make the other pay. While Adesanya was the better technical striker, as expected, Blachowicz continued to throw punches and kicks with the former high-level kickboxing standout. The feints of Adesanya seemed to trouble Blachowicz as much as any landed strikes. In fact, Blachowicz outlanded Adesanya in total strikes in every round of the fight according to the UFC's official stats. While Blachowicz teased some grappling in the first three rounds, he was unable to take Adesanya down for any meaningful amount of time. It was in the championship rounds that Blachowicz showed off his bona fides, finally using his size and strength advantage to take down Adesanya and grind away with ground and pound. A taste of the power from Piling away the points in those big closing rounds allowed Blachowicz to pull away on the scorecards, earning the victory by scores of 49-46, 49-45 and 49-45. Two of the three judges gave Blachowicz a 10-8 round in Round 5, rewarding him for dominant ground work, including closing the f...