Israel Adesanya probably didn’t convert any new fans at UFC 276, but he nonetheless left T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with his middleweight belt in hand.
“The Last Stylebender” earned a relatively uneventful unanimous decision triumph over Jared Cannonier in Saturday’s main event, extending championship reign that began in October 2019 and setting up a highly-anticipated showdown with kickboxing rival Alex Pereira at a future event.
In the co-main event, Alexander Volkanovski maintained his stranglehold on the featherweight division and improved to 3-0 against Max Holloway in the process, taking a dominant five-round verdict over the popular Hawaiian to conclude their trilogy.