Israel Adesanya, UFC 305 Media Day Credit score: UFC
He may take a while off, but it surely doesn’t sound as if Israel Adesanya is finished combating simply but.
After trying good within the opening spherical of Saturday’s UFC Saudi Arabia most important occasion, Adesanya (24-5) was knocked mindless by a Nassourdine Imavov proper hand. The knockout loss was his third straight, and his first in a non-title battle beneath the UFC banner. That, after beginning his profession an ideal 20-0.
Nicely, all good issues should come to an finish (except you’re Khabib Nurmagomedov, who escaped the game of MMA undefeated). Adesanya has since posted on social media, saying he “Rolled the dice… snake eyes,” earlier than including “I’ll be back, gone to get some milk.”
In the course of the UFC Saudi Arabia post-fight present, “The Last Stylebender” mirrored on the loss.
“Disappointed. I hate disappointing my fans and my team,” Israel Adesanya acknowledged (h/t MMA Preventing), requested about the principle occasion’s final result. “My team’s still proud of me for the work that I put into this. It’s just the thrill and agony.”
He’d go on so as to add that “Only a privileged few will ever get to this point and understand. To be able to feel something so great but also able to feel something so deep and so [frustrating]. It’s a f*cking lovely game, but it’s a stupid game at the same time.”
