Former Middleweight Kingpin Tops UFC Seattle Lineup

Former middleweight champ Israel Adesanya has lost three straight fights. | Getty/UFCIsrael Adesanya will take center stage in the Emerald City.

The former middleweight champion will face Joe Pyfer in the UFC Seattle main event on March 28. UFC CEO Dana White announced the booking on Tuesday. UFC Fight Night 271 takes place at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington and also features a women’s flyweight scrap pitting Alexa Grasso against Rose Namajunas. The card will air on Paramount+.

Adesanya has lost four of his last five Octagon appearances dating back to November 2022. In his lone appearance of 2025, “The Last Stylebender” suffered a second-round technical knockout defeat to…