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Israel Adesanya on his ground game: ‘Khabib isn’t the only one who can maul people’

Being a former kickboxing champ, Israel Adesanya is known in the UFC for his world class striking.

But it is virtually impossible to win a UFC title without being well-versed in all aspects of the game.

Although we have seen little of Adesanya’s ground game thus far — ‘The Last Stylebender’ gave us a brief - but impressive - showcase of his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236 — the newly-crowned UFC middleweight champion assured Ariel Helwani that he is very dangerous in all positions on the ground.

“You haven’t even seen my ground game yet, just bits and pieces.