Israel Adesanya is avoiding the concept of retiring after UFC Seattle.
Adesanya clashed with Joe Pifer contained in the Local weather Pledge Area final Saturday. “The Final Stylebender” used its vary to seek out success early on. Adesanya paid the value when he acquired right into a shootout together with his opponent.
Pifer fought again, efficiently pulling down Adesanya and ending off the previous UFC middleweight champion with floor and pound. It was Adesanya’s fourth loss in a row, however do not count on him to hold up his gloves simply but.
In his post-fight interview with Daniel Cormier, Adesanya made it clear he’ll proceed combating (h/t MMAFighting).
“You retain occurring and on and on and on and on and on,” Adesanya exclaimed. “I am not going to go away. You may by no means cease me. I’ll get overwhelmed, however I will at all times stay undefeated.”
Adesanya is not stunned by Pifer’s success in opposition to him in standup and has nothing however reward for the 185-pounder’s progress.
“I used to be anticipating the most effective from Joe Pifer,” Adesanya stated. “I knew this was his greatest sport but, so he was going to offer his greatest and he did. There have been no surprises. I anticipated the most effective and he introduced his greatest. He gave his greatest.”
“Earlier than this struggle, I stated it was my first time in 13 months and I needed to really feel like I used to be in a struggle, and he gave me simply that. Like I informed him on the weigh-in, they gave me a shot. Now it is my flip to offer him a shot, and he earned it and he did so nicely. So congratulations to Joe Pifer.”
Adesanya hasn’t gained since April 2023. It was then that Adesanya knocked out Alex Pereira to regain the UFC middleweight title. Since then, he has misplaced to Sean Strickland, Drikas du Plessis, Nasouddin Imavov, and Pifer.
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