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Hello Hivers,
Today I’ll like to tell you about my favorite UFC fighter of all time “The Last Stylebender”, Israel Adesanya
My favorite sport has always been football ⚽️ and still is, but my interest in UFC has grown over the past years due to the recent displays.
The Ultimate Fight Championship (UFC) has a lot of big names with the likes Kamaru Usman 🇳🇬” “The Nigerian nightmare”(UFC welterweight champion), Francis Ngannou🇨🇲(UFC heavyweight champion), Charles Oliveira 🇧🇷(Former UFC lightweight champion) And other UFC superstars that I admire so much but my top favorite is Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya also known as “The last Stylebender”.
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Israel Adesanya is a Nigerian born New Zealander born on 2nd July, 1989(33 years) in Lagos Nigeria 🇳🇬. A boxer, mixed martial artist and a former kickboxer. He’s the current UFC middleweight champion with record 23-1-0; T(KO) 15-0, and submission 0-0 and also a former tittle competitor in glory middleweight championship (kick boxing). Israel Adesanya is currently ranked 3rd behind Usman Kamaru and Alexander Volkanovski in the Men’s Pound-for-Pound rankings UFC rankings. The athlete is undefeated in MMA at 185 Ib, however He lost twice to Alex Pereira in kick boxing, who remains the only person in Combat sports to ever knockout Adesanya.
Early life
While in Lagos, Nigeria 🇳🇬 at his early ages, Israel Adesanya enrolled in his school’s Taekwondo club, He was later removed by his mother due to an injury he suffered. He moved to New Zealand 🇳🇿 to attend school at the age of ten..Adesanya pursued BSC.Computer Science at the Universal College of Learning in Whanganui in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand after he completed high school.
Mom: Taiwo
Father: Oluwafemi
Career
Israel Adesanya got inspired by Muay Thai actor in the movie Ong Bak to join kickboxing, so he enrolled in the training at the age of 18 years. At the age of 20, Adesanya quit school and pursued a career in kickboxing. Before becoming a professional he had a record of 32-0. At age of 25 Adesanya had his first professional match, he entered the super 8 boxing tournament in his first year but couldn’t win.he went on to win it his second year.
Professional Boxing records
Number of matches: 6 matches played
wins: 5
T(KO):1
Lost : 1
Professional KickBoxing records
Number of matches: 80 matches played
wins : 75
T(KO):29 - 1
Lost : 5
MMA records
number of matches: 22 matches played
Wins : 21
T(KO): 15
Lost : 1
The Last Stylebender is currently one of the best in the UFC due to his determination to win and his confidence and that’s what I admire most about him. He’s also a very good entertainer if you watch him.
Love the Stylebender! You didn't even mention that he's the one putting the most creativity into his entrance and will even dance! He seems confident and puts on a show!
The only MMA fight he lost was when we went up a weight class against the light heavyweight champion and didn't even try to put on weight! I think that means he really walks around as a middleweight nearly, unlike his competition who will nearly kill themselves to get down to middleweight for the weigh ins but then be significantly heavier again by the time the fight actually starts!
Try watch some analysis of his fights - he's an expert of timing and faking his opponent into thinking he's doing one thing and then doing another.
How could I forget that, he’s always creative with his entrance you remember his fight against Whittaker where he wore the rice hat and did that incredible dance with some two guys. I always go back to watch it
Yes I remember that and hoping he wouldn't lose after such a confident entrance as that would have really embarrassing!
Isn't it strange how many divisions have a clear number 1 (Kumaru/Stylebender) and a clear number 2 (Covington/Whittaker)... and then everybody else?
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