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Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya has successfully defended his middleweight title at UFC 276.
The ‘Last Stylebender’ as he is fondly called put up a fantastic performance as he earned a decision victory over Jared Cannonier early Sunday morning at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
This latest win improves Adesanya’s overall record to 23 victories and just one career defeat.
Though Cannonier came on strong and determined throughout the fight, he could not get past the Nigerian’s striking and takedown defence.
Ultimately, Adesanya held off the challenger to pull off the well-deserved Unanimous Decision victory (49–46, 49–46, 50–45) to retain his title after five rounds.
The win has moved Adesanya to 12-0 in the middleweight division which is the second-longest streak in UFC behind Anderson Silva (13-0).
Meanwhile, Rap superstar Drake’s run of bad luck gambling on the UFC came to and end after he won a $1million bet on Israel Adesanya’s UFC middleweight title defence against Jared Cannonier.
Earlier, in video shared on social media, Adesanya could be seen on a Facetime call with the rapper before the fight. It was on this line that he was told about the bet, with Drake again putting massive money on a UFC fight, although this time he was backing a favourite.
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