Israel Adesanya has issued a press release after struggling his third consecutive loss by the hands of Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Saudi Arabia.
Adesanya (24-5 MMA) was returning to motion this afternoon for the primary time since struggling a submission loss to Dricus Du Plessis (22-2 MMA) this previous August at UFC 305. The previous UFC middleweight champion was seeking to keep away from the primary three-fight shedding skid of his profession, as he had dropped a call to Sean Strickland previous to being tapped out by ‘DDP’.
Standing in the best way of Izzy’s return to the win column was surging middleweight Nassourdine Imavov (16-4 MMA). ‘The Sniper’ had entered right now’s headliner sporting a three-fight successful streak, his most up-to-date being a unanimous choice victory over Brendan Allen.
As we speak’s UFC Saudi Arabia most important occasion resulted in a 3rd consecutive loss for Israel Adesanya. After a aggressive opening spherical, Nassourdine Imavov was capable of drop ‘The Final Stylebender’ with an uppercut early within the second spherical. ‘The Sniper’ instantly pounced on Izzy with some heavy floor and pound, which in the end prompted the referee to step in and name a cease to the competition (see the end here).
Official UFC Saudi Arabia Outcomes: Nassourdine Imavov def. Israel Adesanya through TKO (punches) in Spherical 2
Shortly following the loss, Izzy spoke about his newest setback on the UFC post-fight present:
“Disillusioned,” Adesanya stated about his efficiency. “I hate disappointing my followers and my group. My group’s nonetheless happy with me for the work that I put into this. It’s simply the joys and agony.”
Israel Adesanya continued and expressed his disappointment with the end result (h/t MMAFighting):
“I don’t assume it’s for them to know. You need to actually be in it to know. Solely a privileged few will ever get so far and perceive. To have the ability to really feel one thing so nice but additionally capable of really feel one thing so deep and so [frustrating]. It’s a f*cking pretty recreation, but it surely’s a silly recreation on the identical time.”
Izzy concluded:
“He have to be excited to beat a man like me,” Adesanya stated. “However once more, I felt good. Spherical one, I used to be in charge of all the pieces. In hindsight, possibly I ought to have taken a while. I simply didn’t need him to relaxation as a result of I knew he was drained. I didn’t need him to relaxation. However once more, [hindsight is] 20/20.”
Who would you prefer to see Israel Adesanya matched up in opposition to subsequent following his TKO loss to Nassourdine Imavov this afternoon in Saudi Arabia?