Unfortunately, things did not reflect as his camp would have wanted to. Adesanya shocked the UFC realm as he got dropped from a vicious Imavov punch and never recovered. Now, any other day ...

Israel Adesanya is presented the championship belt by UFC CEO Dana White after defeating Alex Pereira at UFC 287. / Rich Storry-Imagn Images Bisping took to his YouTube channel shortly after the ...

Congrats to Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum on a fight that will always be remembered!” White said. The 2025 UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place this summer in Las Vegas.

Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum fought for the interim UFC middleweight championship at UFC 236. At a point when the middleweight division needed a superstar following Anderson Silva ‘s decline, Adesanya ...

A wild, bloody war between Fares Ziam and Mike Davis got the action going on the main card. Ziam picked up the decision victory and if the rest of the card lives up to the standard that first ...

The UFC 236 bout between Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum served up a five-round war at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia as the pair did battle for the interim UFC middleweight title in the ...

Based in Rochester, England, Simon Head is a veteran sports editor who has been covering sport for national and international outlets since 2000, and is one of the longest-tenured MMA journalists ...

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images A loss to Jan Błachowicz in a double-champ bid at UFC 259 stood as the only blemish on Adesanya’s MMA record until he lost his middleweight belt to Pereira at UFC ...

Two finishes against top 5 competition. Next is the belt." UFC bonus winners: 2025 complete list UFC Fight Night 250: Adesanya vs. Imavov – Best photos from Saudi Arabia Nassourdine Imavov def.

It was an epic five-round war that saw Adesanya win a decision to claim the interim middleweight belt and earn an eventual title unification fight in Oct. 2019. On Saturday night at UFC 312 ...

In his next outing, at UFC 293, Adesanya dropped the belt to Strickland. Adesanya is currently riding a two-fight losing skid after a UFC 305 submission loss to Dricus du Plessis in a title fight.

In the aftermath of Dricus Du Plessis winning the UFC ... the belt after the split decision was announced in Du Plessis' favor. Even after he went on to submit former champ Israel Adesanya seven ...