Nicknamed "Stylebender", Adesanya started well, landing heavy kicks to the body and using feints to draw out his 30-year-old French opponent, who came into the fight following a run of three wins ...

Adesanya was trapped up against the fence, and he times his counter perfectly to knock Pereira out cold. The same fate could await Strickland if he is not careful. For Adesanya to retain his title, ...

It’s been a rough year and a half for former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (24-5). Just a little more than two years ago, Adesanya knocked out Alex Pereira to regain the middleweight ...

February, aka ‘Middleweight Month’, certainly kicked off in dramatic fashion as surging French contender Nassourdine Imavov knocked out ... by Strickland.” UFC SAUDI ARABIA: Israel Adesanya ...

Nassourdine Imavov scored a sensational second-round knockout of former UFC champ Israel Adesanya to put his ... champion Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland. The 30-year-old Frenchman lived ...