Somebody’s O needed to go! And it definitely wasn’t going to be Israel Adesanya’s.

Slightly below 9 minutes into the UFC 253 headliner and Adesanya answered any questions as to who the perfect middleweight fighter on the earth is true now. He chopped away on the beforehand undefeated Paulo Costa and put him away late within the second spherical.

It’s a really uncommon day in combined martial arts when a UFC championship options two rivals which have unblemished information squaring off. However that’s what occurred at UFC 253 on Saturday night time within the Flash Discussion board on UFC Battle Island in Abu Dhabi.

It was the champion that proved himself the higher fighter nevertheless, dominating the battle from the opening bell. It was the exact opposite of his extra workmanlike dismantling of Yoel Romero.

Adesanya began chopping at Costa’s lead leg straight out of the gate. However after consuming a number of low kicks, Costa returned fireplace with a tough kick to Adesanya’s ribs.

Costa then tried to go excessive with a kick, however Adesanya ducked it and countered with a proper hand to the physique. Adesanya caught Costa with a pair fast jabs to the face. Costa egged him on, however Adesanya obliged with extra jabs.

Adesanya’s velocity appeared to perplex his challenger, who confirmed little offense exterior of taunting the champion.

Adesanya stung Costa with a number of extra lead leg kicks, however then plastered him with a tough left kick to the physique, punctuating a powerful opening spherical.

As spherical two received underway, Adesanya instantly continued attacking Costa’s lead leg, which was already exhibiting the wear and tear and tear within the type of purple welts that have been turning to purple bruises because the clock ticked.

The champion landed a head kick. Costa tries to play it off and once more taunted Adesanya, however he had nothing in return by the use of offense. Adesanya continued to land leg kicks and jabs, choosing away at his challenger, after which landed one other arduous left kick to the top that surprised the Brazilian.

Costa tried to plow ahead, however Adesanya rocked him with blistering punch mixture. He then clipped Costa with a left hand to the temple that despatched him to the canvas. Adesanya adopted and landed extra blows till the referee stopped the battle at 3:59 of spherical two.

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“I been telling you guys. Like Roy Jones stated, I say you all should have forgot. You all should have forgot. Due to what occurred final time, you thought, oh, he’s so boring,” Adesanya stated, referencing the critics of his efficiency in opposition to Romero.

“I see you media individuals together with your little clickbait headlines, however belief me, I needed to make you all bear in mind. I needed to remind the world why, we the perfect!”

Having seemingly cleaned out the UFC middleweight division, Adesanya, now 20-0, already had a bullseye on his subsequent foe.

“I informed you guys, Anderson Silva lived an ideal legacy and I stated I wished to do service to the middleweight division. That’s a tough act to observe, however we’re doing the work. I already DM’d Jared Cannonier. He’s a hell of a dude. I really like his vitality. I stated, you destroy Robert Whittaker, you’re subsequent. He’s the one I need to battle subsequent. He deserves it. If he beats Robert Whittaker handily and dominates him, he’s subsequent!”

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