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Israel Adesanya is one of the most active fighters on social media. The Stylebender is known to regularly post memes and troll anyone that strikes his eye.

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Adesanya is also very vocal when it comes to putting forward his honest opinion. The fighter doesn’t hold back his thoughts.

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Recently, he took to social media to express his dissent over a fight where a transgender was competing against a man. The Last Stylebender took to Twitter to upload the fight and share his opinion along with it.

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The post said, “This just feels weird. Who sanctioned this? Why are we allowing this??”

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The fight was contested between Shane Mistretta vs Gita Figueroa in June 2022 under the promotion World Class Fight League.

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The fight started with both throwing a barrage of punches at each other. The scrap lasted for two and a half minutes before Mistretta landed a clean right hand, subsequently knocking out the trans fighter.

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The video of this fight went viral and prompted a variety of responses from the MMA world. 

Israel Adesanya meets his match at UFC 281

Israel Adesanya is booked to fight Alex Pereira for the Middleweight title at UFC 281. He has already defended his belt five times and is undefeated in the middleweight division. 

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The last Stylebender and Pereira share a history of fighting against one another. The pair have met twice before in a kickboxing match. Both times, the Brazilian has emerged victorious; moreover, he also has a devastating knockout against the UFC champ.

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Despite the history between the two, fans and media still give Adesanya the upper hand, because the Kiwi has more experience in the realm of MMA compared to Pereira.

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The biggest question getting into the fight would be Adesanya’s mindset, although many believe that knock-out loss will take a toll on the Nigerian; however, the middleweight kingpin has made it clear through interviews that he isn’t scared of anything at all.

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Pereira poses massive threats to Adesanya on the feet, furthermore, the undefeated middleweight has even stated that it’ll be a stand-up battle and both will trade shots at one another. 

Let us know what you think is gonna happen at UFC 281. Will there be any takedown attempts at all?

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