Alex Poatan won at UFC 276 and entered Adesanya’s radar for the clash between the two rivals in an upcoming middleweight title fight; check out!
Alex Poatandelivered a devastating knockout against Sean Strickland and won in UFC 276. In this way, the Brazilian caught everyone’s attention with a fight that lasted just 2min36s and aroused the interest of Israel Adesanya to face the fighter. It is worth mentioning that his rival from last Sunday, 3, did not even touch him during the confrontation.
Kickboxing specialist. Alex Poatan didn’t give Sean Strickland any sort of chance. The Brazilian hit a left hook, which took the opponent to the canvas of the octagon and the referee was forced to end the fight. His rival even tried to get some punches before taking the punch, but when he saw he had already lost the fight.
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“I want to thank my opponent for agreeing to face me. Many did not accept it and he had the courage to face me. I started to kick his calf, he felt it, then I went to his waistline and he felt it again. Then I went to the head and everything was fine. The strategy worked. Many people talk about the two victories I had against Israel Adesanya. That was in kickboxing. Today we are fighting MMA and I won the number four in the world. I think I deserve to fight for the belt. Let’s cheer for Adesnaya today“, he warned.
Adesanya wants to face Alex Poatan in the UFC!
adesanya won atUFC 276, but disappointed his fans and took the opportunity to provoke a Brazilian. In an uninspired performance against cannonier, he won by unanimous decision and retained the UFC middleweight title. After holding the belt with him, he took the opportunity to challenge Alex Poatanwhich had a brilliant night in the early hours of this Sunday, 3.
Adesanya defeated Cannonier at UFC 276 with the following scores: 49-46, 49-46 and 50-45. With the unanimous decision of the referees, he continued in command of the middleweights and wants to continue his reign against the Brazilian Alex Poatan. The Nigerian wasn’t as aggressive as usual and his rival didn’t decide to risk many blows either. Therefore, it was up to the champion to try to explain the result.
What we had here was a duel between coaches. The two fight plans were very good, and it was difficult to decipher them. My next step is Poatan. Fuck, we fought before in kickboxing, with fluffier gloves. Now, in MMA, I’ll take you down, and you’ll be frozen, like Elsa from “Frozen”“, finished.
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