Israel Adesanya has defeated America’s Jared Cannonier to retain his middleweight belt title in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 276.
#UFC276 results: Israel Adesanya def. Jared Cannonier via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45)https://t.co/fyEmADnl7O pic.twitter.com/tAMcdhjPWg
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) July 3, 2022
The 32-year-old Nigerian-born New Zealand professional mixed
martial artist was adjudged the winner over the ‘Gorilla’ in a unanimous
decision (49-46,49-46, 50-45).
The encounter took place at the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas
on Sunday morning.
The first round saw Cannonier struggled to contain with the
low kicks and a couple of piston-like jabs from ‘Izzy’.
Adesanya toyed with his opponent in the second round while
the American martial artist lacked the technical prowess to do much damage to
his opponent.
Round three saw Cannonier making a few unsuccessful attempts
to take down Adesanya.
The ‘Last Stylebender’, who thrilled fans with a homage to
WWE star The Undertaker in his walkout, was too strong for his challenger as he
defended his title.
The Nigerian-born New Zealander has successful defended his
middleweight category title five times now after unifying the belt with
Whittaker in 2019.
He is dubbed number one pound-for-pound fighter in his
category.
Adesanya (23-1) is undefeated at 185 pounds, a perfect 11-0
in the UFC in that weight class.
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