For all the trash talk in the build up, the main event of UFC 253 was not a close fight. Israel Adesanya kicked Paulo Costa’s lead leg to pieces on his way to setting up a second round TKO. He landed nearly five-times as many significant strikes as the Brazilian in just under nine minutes of action. Leaving no doubt who the better man was on the night.
And then, just for good measure, Adesanya gave Costa a quick hump.
As the ref pulled the champion off his defeated foe’s prone form, the ‘Last Stylebender’ reached down and gave ‘Borrachinha’’s backside one gentle thrust.