Israel Adesanya Retains UFC Middleweight Title After Bout with Jarred Cannonier
Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya has defeated Jarred Cannonier with a win via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45) to retain the UFC middleweight championship. In the UFC 276 bout which took place at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada today, the 32-year-old Nigerian was far superior to his opponent and easily retained his middleweight championship after dominating all five rounds.
The win marks his twelfth straight win in the middleweight division.
With a stellar record of 22 wins and one loss, the ‘Last Stylebender’ defended his middleweight title for the fifth time.
The Stylebender first defeated Kelvin for his middleweight interim title in 2019.
During his title defences, he has defeated several including Robert Whitaker, Martin Vettori, Paulo Costa, Yoel Romero including his win against Jarod Cannonier.
Now, Israel Adesanya is set to receive $1.8million from the fight after he earned around $1.1million in his last bout against Martin Vettori.
UFC will earn $82.5million from PPV sales and Israel will receive 30% of the PPV shares which could make this the highest earnings of his career.
Congratulations Israel Adesanya