UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya drew some flak for his UFC 276 performance against Jared Cannonier. While he did pick up the victory, how he did so didn’t sit well with many, including actor Chris Pratt who wasn’t a fan of Adesanya’s “pitter-patter” approach that night.
Four months later, “The Last Stylebender” is speaking out about his post-fight emotional state. As he told Ariel Helwani in a recent appearance on the MMA Hour, it even came to a point where he broke down in tears.
“I cried backstage. Me and [coach] Eugene [Bareman] hugged it out and he told me, ‘Don’t worry, you’ll be fine.