For the first time in his 12-year mixed martial arts career, former two-time middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has lost back-to-back fights. ”The Last Stylebender” was submitted in the fourth round of the UFC 305 main event against champion Dricus du Plessis last Saturday. Adesanya has suffered defeats to the last two 185-pound titleholders: Sean Strickland and du Plessis. Strickland believes Adesanya’s recent losses happened because Adesanya’s not that good. “I have an unpopular opinion. I just don’t think Izzy is that good,” Strickland told the Verse Us with Eric Nicksick . ”Let me tell you why.” “When he fought Kelvin [Gastelum], I think Kelvin sucks.
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Sean Strickland: ‘I just don’t think Israel Adesanya is that good’ – MMA Weekly