Adesanya (24-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) suffered his third-straight loss when he was knocked out by Nassourdine Imavov (16-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 250 headliner at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After defending his UFC middleweight title five times, Adesanya has now lost four of his past five fights.

Israel Adesanya has taken his post-fight reflection to heart and further addressed where his MMA career is headed, he said.

Israel Adesanya doesn't appear to be considering retirement despite suffering a swift defeat at the hands of Nassourdine Imavov during the UFC Fight Night

UFC 312 headliner Dricus Du Plessis explains why he puts Israel Adesanya “in the same category as Anderson Silva” despite his KO loss.

This past Saturday in the main event of UFC Saudi Arabia, we saw a huge matchup in the middleweight division. Former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (24-5) was taking on rising contender Nassourdine Imavov (16-4, 1 NC). This was Adesanya’s first non-title fight since 2019.

The main event of UFC Saudi Arabia was a pivotal middleweight matchup between two-time titleholder Israel Adesanya and top contender Nassourdine Imavov.

UFC Saudi Arabia is in the books, and now, it’s on to UFC 312. This past Saturday, Nassourdine Imavov scored the biggest win of his career when he knocked out former two-time champion Israel Adesanya in the second round of their main event matchup.

Nassourdine Imavov knocked out former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya 30 seconds into Round 2, pushing his win streak to four on Saturday afternoon in the main event of UFC Fight Night 250 in Riyadh,

Israel Adesanya has played down claims that his loss to Nassourdine Imavov came via an early stoppage, after the former champion fell to a third straight defeat. In Saudi Arabia on Saturday (1 February),