“Why are they looking at my titties?”
That was Israel Adesanya’s answer at the UFC 253 post-fight press conference, where he brushed off questions about his swollen right pectoral muscle. Due to its appearance, a couple of pundits and online naysayers speculated about steroid use, which the middleweight champion vehemently denied and simply laughed off.
According to Adesanya, it started swelling up eight weeks ago, but decided to put off seeking medical attention until after the Paulo Costa fight. He says it’s still “tender” and “quite sore” now, and recently had two MRI scans and a blood test to try and diagnose it.