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PERTH, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 11: Israel Adesanya of Nigeria celebrates his victory over Rob Wilkinson of Australia in their middleweight bout during the UFC 221 event at Perth Arena on February 11, 2018 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
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PERTH, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 11: Israel Adesanya of Nigeria celebrates his victory over Rob Wilkinson of Australia in their middleweight bout during the UFC 221 event at Perth Arena on February 11, 2018 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
UFC’s middleweight champion Israel Adesanya was one of the UFC fighters who was really excited about the first pay-per-view event of 2022. ‘The Last Stylebender’ hopped onto his couch and watched the PPV with his friends at his home.
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The Nigerian-born Kiwi rooted for his fellow African champion, Francis Ngannou, to clinch victory in one of his toughest challenges. Although Adesanya was nervous during the first two rounds of the match, he took a breath of relief as ‘The Predator’ showcased his wrestling moves in the octagon and took home a decision victory over ‘Bon Gamin‘.
In a reaction video on his YouTube channel, Adesanya revealed how he felt about the PPV and particularly about his friend Francis Ngannou‘s victory.
‘The Last Stylebender’ said, “The main event? Wow! Amazing. Francis got it done. Was down two rounds, rallied up for the last three as a champion does. Now, the world is his oyster.”
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The undisputed heavyweight champion of the world was under a lot of strain owing to the talks around his contract. To top it off, the Cameroonian was also in a test against his former sparring partner. However, he had his own help in the form of African champion Kamaru Usman at the octagon side.
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‘The Last Stylebender’ was particularly excited about the flyweight trilogy between Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 270 as well.
Even as ‘Daico’ called for a fourth fight against ‘The Assassin Baby’, Adesanya, who is a huge fan of both of the flyweights, supported the idea.
“I knew it was gonna be a barnburner, I knew it was gonna be a crazy fight because, um, they’ve already had two previous fights. I wasn’t watching the score, I was just literally watching it as a fan.”
“Crazy fight night. I agree with Figueiredo to do the fourth one. We’ll do a quadrilogy. Do it in Mexico, it’s gonna sell out. That’s gonna, a stadium in f**king Mexico. Come on, that’s free money.”
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