Israel Adesanya: As summer gets going

Israel Adesanya As summer gets going and the Ultimate Fighting Championship has tuned up the temperature

in the world of mixed martial arts through UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier. The T-Mobile arena will be live from Las Vegas

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fans can anticipate five bouts in the main event, which includes two title fights that are highly anticipated.

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The main fight of the evening, Israel Adesanya (22-1) will attempt that he can defend his title at middleweight for

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the 5th time and also hopes to remain unbeaten at 185 pounds. He will be taking on Adesanya is highly rated and

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highly skilled Jared Cannonier (15-5), who is confident of his abilities and believes that this is the right time to

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fight. Adesanya took the leap into MMA when he cut his teeth in Glory Kickboxing. In the following months

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he discovered himself fighting elite opponents and rising up the ranks within the UFC. Since his debut in the

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promotion in 2011, he has scored 11 victories over elite fighters like Anderson Silva, Yoel Romero, Paulo Costa

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and Robert Whittaker, from whom he won the middleweight belt in the year 2019. With the lengthy list of fighters Cannonier

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