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Roxanne Modafferi Thanks Israel Adesanya for Speaking Out Against UFC Fighters Who Miss Weight Cuts

Published 09/28/2020, 8:36 AM EDT

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UFC Ffyweight contender Roxanne Modafferi took to Twitter and expressed her views on comments made by undisputed champion Israel Adesanya. “The Last Stylebender” had a massive weekend when he walked through Paulo Costa in the main event at UFC 253. After the fight, he fired heavy artillery that caught the attention of many fighters and fans, including Roxanne.

Israel Adesanya was fired up after his statement performance and took to the airways post-fight with Jon Anik. Chiefly, ‘Izzy’ went off on fighters failing to make the weight come ‘Fight Night’ and demanded that stricter fines be imposed.

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Roxanne Modafferi sides with Israel Adesanya

The Happy Warrior’ was glad to see the middleweight champion uses his massive profile to address a systemic issue. The ever-outspoken Nigerian born fighter has never been one to shy away from making his voice heard. Modafferi believes that Adesanya’s platform will enable him to bring about a change in the right direction.

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Certain fighters close to Israel on the aforementioned card failed to make weight, thus leading his call to action. Main card opening fighter Zubaira Tukhugov failed to make the scale against Hakeem Dawodu. Furthermore, the preliminary card brought another such transgression undertaken against Adesanya’s teammate in Shane Young. What’s more, he acknowledged the issue to be a systemic problem in the sport.

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Israel Adesanya’s passion for the subject was palpable as he spoke to the UFC President Dana White on the same just moments after his win. Moreover, a section of his in-cage interview was dedicated to bringing light to the situation. Roxanne Modafferi, much like other fighters and fans, appreciated Adesanya for speaking up.

It is unclear as to the extent to which the UFC brass will go to bring about a change to weight cutting practices. The long-time boss of the UFC clarified that the commission in charge would make any amendments. Fighters and fans alike would look forward to seeing a sport devoid of controversies related to weight cutting and misses. Time will be the only indicator as to developments made in this realm.

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