Photos/Video: Nigerian boxer, Israel Adesanya, emerges UFC Middleweight Champ

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Photos/Video:  Nigerian boxer, Israel Adesanya, emerges UFC Middleweight Champ

Israel Adesanya has emerged the new undisputed UFC Middleweight
Champion. Adesanya knocked out his opponent, Robert Whittaker at the
championship fight which held in Melbourne, Australia in the early hours
of today October 6th.

The 30-year-old New Zealand-based, Nigerian-born boxer knocked out
Whittaker with a right hook-left hook combination at 3:33 of the second
round in the main event of UFC 243.

Adesanya has won all seven of his fights in the UFC and is considered
one of the hottest up-and-coming MMA athletes in the world because of
his charisma and ability to promote fights.

Congrats to him!

Photos/Video:  Nigerian boxer, Israel Adesanya, emerges UFC Middleweight Champ
Photos/Video:  Nigerian boxer, Israel Adesanya, emerges UFC Middleweight Champ

Watch a video of him presenting his belt to his parents below

 

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