Mellanviktaren Israel Adesanya har under kort tid fått mycket framgångar inom UFC. I natt mötte han Derek Brunson under UFC 230 i New York, där han segrade med en imponerande knockout i första ronden. Adesanya är alltså fortfarande obesegrad med ett record på 15-0.
UFC:s VD Dana White lovordar Adesanya och känner att den unge nigerianske fightern ’har allt’, inte minst entusiasm för att gå match. White menar därför att Adesanya borde sakta ner.
Via MMA Fighting:
Israel has been a guy who has been on the rise here for a minute, but I really felt like tonight was his first big test. His opponent hits like a truck and wrestles really well, and Madison Square Garden, opening the show, man, did he deliver. Many people — including me — think this kid is the future, and he went out and put a stamp on it tonight.
The minute I saw this kid, I was like, holy shit this is really good, I like this. Then you hear him talk, I like that too. He’s the whole package. He is very ambitious, I would like him to pump the brakes a little bit. This guy wants to f*cking fight everybody right now and he wants to fight every month, which I love.
White vill gärna se Adesanya fightas ofta, men inte lika ofta som han själv vill.
Listen, you want to become a big star? Keep fighting. If you’re a young guy who’s healthy enough to fight all the time, I absolutely advise it. Do it. What you don’t want to do is put on a great performance and disappear because people forget real quickly. But yeah, I like him very, very much and I don’t want to move him as fast as he wants to be moved, so he and I will get together and find a happy medium.
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