Israel Adesanya on Sunday morning, at the T-mobile Arena, Las Vegas, defeated Jarred Cannonier via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45) to retain the UFC middleweight championship. Adesanya first captured the interim title in the Fight of The Year winner against Kelvin Gastelum in 2019. He then defeated Robert Whittaker and unified the titles that same year. He has successfully defended his title four times since then. On an otherwise perfect record for Adesanya (22-1), his only loss was during his unsuccessful step up to light heavyweight, losing to then-champion Jan…
Read MoreJUST IN: ISRAEL ADESANYA DEFEATS JARRED CANNONIER TO RETAIN UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
