The State of Israel Adesanya's Star Power after UFC 276
IS ISRAEL ADESANYA LOSING FANS? This past weekend was the UFC's biggest card of the year to cap off International Fight Week with middleweight champion Israel Adesanya defeating #2 contender Jared Cannonier by unanimous decision (49-46 x2, 50-45) in the main event of UFC 276. The card was stacked from the early prelims to the main event, but the fights left many fans underwhelmed, especially with the lackluster main event. Adesanya implemented a very smart game plan, keeping the powerful Cannonier at range with low kicks and jabbing at him from a distance and never put himself in harms way at any time during the 25 minutes. However, this is now the fourth fight in a row for Adesanya that he would describe as "an off night". His run to get to the title was filled with many entertaining and wild moments including his 2019 fight of the year against Kelvin Gastelum, his knockout over long reigning champion Robe...