{"id":2077,"date":"2023-09-11T21:57:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T20:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2023-09-12T16:36:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:36:57","slug":"israel-adesanya-celebrates-after-losing-to-sean-strickland-at-ufc-293","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/israel-adesanya-celebrates-after-losing-to-sean-strickland-at-ufc-293\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya celebrates after losing to Sean Strickland at UFC 293"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite his defeat at UFC 293 against Sean Strickland, Israel Adesanya did not lose the sense of celebration and posted it on video.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel Adesanya failed to retain his middleweight title this weekend against Sean Strickland at UFC 293 (all results and videos here). Indeed, &#8216;The Last Stylebender&#8217; was dethroned by Sean Strickland after a great performance from the latter and will now have to bounce back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In any case, it seems that this defeat did not undermine Adesanya&#8217;s morale, since he appeared on X partying, in a video that he posted himself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me\u2026a whole Shy Guy\u203c\ufe0f \ud83d\ude48 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UfR7Rkh9j5\">pic.twitter.com\/UfR7Rkh9j5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stylebender\/status\/1700795910190768453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sean Strickland was crowned the new middleweight champion after beating Israel Adesanya at UFC 293 in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_37704\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qwt3BhQeAdg?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\">\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">Michael Bisping believes Israel Adesanya showed an \u201cair of arrogance\u201d that\u00a0cost him in defeat to Sean Strickland at UFC 293.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">Adesanya was the favourite to defend his middleweight title in Sydney, but the tone for the fight was set when he was dropped in the first round.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">Strickland applied constant pressure as Adesanya was never able to get going.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">After celebrating a unanimous decision victory, Strickland was critical of Adesanya\u2019s display, saying it was like fighting an \u201camateur\u201d.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">TNT Sports expert Bisping was also not that impressed with Adesanya.<br \/>\n\u201cThere was an air of arrogance in the corner of Israel Adesanya and from Izzy himself,\u201d said Bisping on TNT Sports Fight Week.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\u201cEven when he was dropped in the first round and was very close to being finished he had a sort of smug look on his face and there was no concern or worry or realisation that he was in there with a real threat.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\u201cThe reason Strickland almost got the finish in round one was because Izzy was moving backwards.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\u201cYou don\u2019t win fights by backing up. We have seen masterclasses, but you have to have some forward pressure. Dancing away and backtracking all night and not throwing very much is not the recipe to win a fight.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">TNT Sports expert Nick Peet said that Adesanya\u2019s approach was in complete contrast to Strickland.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\u201cSean had done the work, he worked on an incredibly strong gameplan and put it together on the night. It was pure discipline. I love the energy in the corner too, it was all focus and all energy. The Adesanya corner was flat, there was no urgency and no energy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\u201cIzzy went into this fight thinking \u2018I\u2019m turning you into a gif, one bit of magic and you\u2019re a gif\u2019.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\u201cAnd he spent all night trying to get one highlight reel moment and in the meantime he got his ass kicked.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"inRead-Teads\" data-testid=\"outstream\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">Adesanya has now lost two out of his last three fights and Bisping doesn\u2019t think that \u201cwarrants an immediate rematch\u201d.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">He also believes the win for Strickland could breathe new life into the middleweight division.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israel Adesanya Passes Post-Loss Press Conference to Coach Eugene Bareman | UFC 293\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5krcVU0vkkU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\u201cFor me you have Dricus Du Plessis, Robert Whittaker, Khamzat Chimaev. This would allow the division to move on and have a breath of fresh air and some new eras to begin.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\u201cIn the meantime Izzy can go away and have a well-deserved break. I am not taking away from Strickland, I thought he did a sensational job, but I do think there is something to the schedule that Izzy has kept that was possibly to his detriment in this fight.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">Bisping was also full of praise for Strickland\u2019s performance.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\u201cHe was superb. He truly deserves that.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\u201cIn our predictions we looked at them and said he\u2019s maybe limited, he\u2019s not as experienced, he hasn\u2019t been in those big fight moments, but that doesn\u2019t matter, it\u2019s the best man that shows up on the night, and that was without question Sean Strickland.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\u201cHe walked him down from the opening bell, got in his face, took away his range, constantly had Izzy on the back foot and retreating.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">There wasn\u2019t hardly a time throughout the fight where Izzy went forward. The only time he did that was in round five, but Sean dominated the fight from start to finish pretty much.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 first:mt-0 lg:mt-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"break-words article-s4-rs\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\">\u201cHe was in his face just enough to pressure him and cause Izzy go to go backwards without being in the danger zone. He was countering perfectly.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"atom-body-paragraph\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite his defeat at UFC 293 against Sean Strickland, Israel Adesanya did not lose the sense of celebration and posted it on video. Israel Adesanya failed to retain his middleweight title this weekend against Sean Strickland at UFC 293 (all results and videos here). 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