Israel Adesanya expressed his desire to fight in Australia one more time before retirement – country where he won the middleweight title
Israel Adesanya is just a month away from his rematch against Robert Whittaker at UFC 271. ‘The Last Stylebender’ has been in rich vein of form and has cleared the middleweight to an extent – he is set to face ‘The Reaper’ once again.
Having gained a name for himself in kickboxing, Adesanya made his UFC debut in early 2018. Very soon he became the interim middleweight champion (in a year).
This got him to challenge for the undisputed title. At UFC 243 in October 2019, Izzy faced Whittaker in his own backyard – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.
In only the second round, Adesanya beat Whittaker via. a brutal KO to become the middleweight champion.
Since then he has defended his title thrice.
In a recent Tweet, Adesanya expressed his desire to fight in Australia once again before retirement.
His Tweet read:
“I wanna fight in Aussie one more time before I call it quits.”
Israel Adesanya warns it would be worse than the first time
Israel Adesanya, close to his rematch against Robert Whittaker, warned ‘The Reaper’ that the fight would be worse than it was, the first time.
He tweeted the same alongside a small clip from his training camp.
Here is what Izzy tweeted:
“Look in my eyes. Eat, sleep, train, repeat… It’s a plan that can’t be beat!! This will be worse than the first time.”
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