Israel Adesanya and Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan is impressed by the way Israel Adesanya has conducted himself following the loss to Alex Pereira at UFC 281
Joe Rogan is mighty impressed by the way former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has conducted himself following the loss to Alex Pereira at UFC 281. Israel Adesanya wasn’t satisfied by the stoppage of his fight against his kickboxing rival. According to ‘The Last Stylebender’, he has seen worse stoppages and the referee should have let him go out on his guard. Despite that, Adesanya gave Pereira he deserved credits, even going as far as to claim that ‘Poatan’s octagon walkout was “beautiful” and epic.
During an appearance on the Flagrant podcast alongside comedian Andrew Schulz, Adesanya claimed that he had planned to pull out of the fight due to a lingering injury. The injury circles back to Adesanya’s last title defense against Jared Cannonier at UFC 276.
Furthermore, Adesanya added that he shelved the plan bearing in mind the implications of the decision. He felt that he would be portraying the image that he was “scared” of Pereira, which has never been the case for ‘The Last Stylebender’.
With that in mind, Rogan spoke about Adedsanya’s character and dignified approach of dealing with the loss in a recent episode of JRE:
“Dude, the way he responded to that loss is better than anybody ever. The dude shows up to the press conference with a f fur coat like a king. Dope-ass watch on and just says, ‘He got me.’ He basically said ‘the hunter is now the hunted, I’m coming after him, I’m going to find a way to beat that dude. I was on my way to beating him, and he got me. He was honest about all of it. About how Pereira landed a bunch of calf kicks early on and f***** up his leg and he couldn’t move right. Those calf kicks have changed the game.”
Following his knockout loss to Alex Pereira at UFC 281, Israel Adesanya was given an indefinite medical suspension. Israel Adesanya came short in his conquest to avenge the two losses to Alex Pereira in kickboxing. At UFC 281, Adesanya dominated the majority of the fight before ‘Poatan’ rallied in the fifth round to get the finish. He defeated Adesanya for the third time, this time via TKO.
The New York State Athletic Commission has now issued medical suspensions for 19 fighters from the event, including former champion Adesanya, who has been given a mandatory rest period of 60 days. Pereira was also suspended indefinitely from the commission, with only 30 days of leave.
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