The UFC 302 came to a conclusion last weekend. The fight had a couple of Middlewieght stars scrapping ot out for glory in the cage. Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa got into an exciting five round war in the octagon. The former champion emerged victorious in the octagon after an impressive striking display over Paulo Costa.
Middleweight great Israel Adesanya had an interesting insight on the matchups and how Strickland dealt with Costa’s explosive power in the cage.
Israel Adesanya pokes fun at Sean Strickland
Former Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya was witnessing his former rivals fighting it out in the co-main event of UFC 302. Sean Strickland being his technical self jabbed the hell out of Costa’s face and Paulo wasn’t able to anything apart from fighting on the backfoot in the cage. Israel Adesanya in a clip uploaded on his YouTube channel. Adesanya said,
He’s so worried about that leg. He’s marching.
Israel Adesanya pokes fun at Sean’s stance while coming forward as the aggressor against the Brazilian kickboxer in the octagon. Costa was having a tough time dealing with the kicks of Strickland therefore Sean just marched forward feinting kicks and fooling Paulo in the process. Izzy found this to be quite hilarious.
This comes a week after Sean Strickland directed a lot of shade towards the New Zeland native during the fight week interviews. Israel Adesanya lost his Middleweight strap to Strickland in Australia last year in the octagon. Adesanya is yet to make a return to the cage after losing out his title last year. It will be interesting to see what happens in the Middleweiht division given a ton of exciting Middleweight scraps set to take place this calendar year.
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Who will end the year as the champion in the Middleweight division? Will it be Izzy, Dricus, or Sean Strickland? Only time will tell.
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