It’s not like Israel Adesanya has never lost before. His kickboxing record shows 5 defeats and he dropped his pro boxing debut back in 2014. But, in the cage the ‘Last Stylebender’ has been entirely unbeaten. That’s 9 years and 20 bouts worth of mixed martial arts that the Nigerian-born New Zealander has racked up without ever failing to get his hand raised.
In the mind of UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz, that makes his win over Adesanya this last Saturday, in the main event of UFC 259, something a little bit more special. And it’s not just an occasion for him to savor, but being the City Kickboxing talent’s first ever defeat in MMA, Blachowicz thinks it’ll have some serious staying power in Adesanya’s mind as well.