Israel Adesanya v Paulo Costa | UFC 253 Full-Fight Replay

oh ladies and gentlemen this is the main event of the night our three judges scoring this contest on the side of the octagon are mike bell dave torelli and clemens burner and when the action begins our referee in charge of the octagon jason herzog this championship ticket is sponsored by p3 the official ufc protein snack brought to you by the boys watch the new diabolical season only on amazon prime video and now, for those in attendance and ufc fans watching around the world, this is the moment you've all been waiting for live from ufc

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island. in abu dhabi it's time for five rounds for the undisputed ufc middleweight world championship featuring the blue corner's first

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an undefeated mixed martial artist with a perfect professional record 13 wins no losses stands six feet one tall and weighs 185 pounds fighting anaconda jewel minister rice brazil featuring the number two right middleweight contender in the world challenger paolo co-star draft and now featuring the champion fighting from the red corner an undefeated mixed martial artist with a perfect professional record 19 wins no losses occupies six feet four inches tall weighing 184 pounds fighting from auckland new zealand via lagos nigeria featuring the current undisputed defending world middleweight champion from usc

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the ultimate style bender anastasia fighters go over the rules at the back side there were no final questions from your blue side there were no final questions from your red side if you want to touch the gloves, do it now, ready to fight if there is anything close to the tension of a UFC championship main event in professional sports , I will accept your nominations and this one in particular, the two biggest middleweights in the world today, Paolo Costa and Israel, many Sonya Costa close in the plus 155 range, Sanya's Israel is the champion and the favorite around the modest 175,

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sonya is in black. and gold, fit for a champion, hard leg kick from Izzy to start, Costa waves both men so comfortable in a fight, some early leg attacks for Israel from Sanya, yeah, and that's what Izzy goes to do, he's going to be smart, he's going to try to let Costa fall on his own sword and rush and then he's going to look to counter with some of his punches, but right now he's smart, he's going to pick from the outside, he's going to attack that leg and it's interesting to listen to Adesani's teammates. and the coaches talk about how much he's improving in terms of his hitting and how he's putting some power behind them.

You know the kickboxing credentials and now 19-0 in his mixed martial arts career. Costa's attacks that make Lego Badassani effective with those first few low kicks. He spent about a minute here in the first round. A good body kick lands for the Brazilian. It seems it was close to the solar plexus. There's a beautiful body kick from Costa and I've said that at first Casa's underrated kicks throw him, but is it him? doing a very good job cutting already that front leg of

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and costa recognizes the latest offer for madison you think about checking some of those balls yes, yes, I would, I wouldn't even want to check it, I just wouldn't want to be there because you will see that it is necessary with that, he's hitting the exact same spot right on the knee every time Adasanya puts money in the bank early, you see Costa's flush kick and right counter to Madison that it looked like Costa was able to avoid.

That switch kick offer from Alasana doesn't surprise me at all seeing these two fighters going back and forth to Costa going with his hands behind his back sooner than I expected, it's not recommended, but you know, the left kick is Costa's furtive approach and I think this is patience. We are talking about John de Costa. He doesn't rush because he still does it with ease. Very good, very good at countering, sitting back and waiting for you to rush. Amen. Less than two minutes here to go in this inaudible round. His last defense against Joel Romero. I was surprised to see Romero standing there not doing much, nine leg kicks have already landed for the starter, you may have checked the last one, but those others are happening, they are doing damage, even the houses that play him. doesn't mean they aren't affecting him costa closes the distance quickly he seems to partially land acosta's leg you see all the suction cups on costa's legs that are already going after them he's not an idiot he sees a weakness that he's going to go after and that's the La safer bet at the moment, especially at the beginning of the first round, when Costa's new chip with his legs wears him down in an extraordinary flow of punches, moving brilliantly from the beginning, the first clinch situation does not last long and looks Really strong here, landing those sitting kicks. only seven attack attempts in total, now eight for palo costa, normally very busy with his punches, but this fits with what he told us in our fighter meeting, there is no need to be anxious or fast five minutes before the first round to the champion, okay let's take a look here, this was the story of that first round of big kicks to madasanja's legs and you know, stomping on the front leg and then going to the roundhouse right at the knee in the calf, really He's attacking the vulnerable parts, there's a kick to Costa's body. to bounce on the hip that one lands catches izzy seems to counteract costa's good work pushing well here we go in the second round, cornerback palo costa seemed to like the way he approached those five minutes 22 of 37 unofficially in significant strikes in the first round here we go in the second round starting to get really red on that leg, that front leg of paulo costa alone, oh look at the bruises too, yeah it won't help the things you're wondering, yeah it's like you can see every impact where he was landing and which ones like the bottom of his shin, the middle of his chin, the knee of where israel is landing, every one of those kids,

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appeared an inch away from landing that kick to the head, costa no necessarily thought so and Paula Costa's strong poker face, but nothing is landing yet. to close this distance he has to let go of his hands, there is a good leg kick, there is another, but no, there is no boxing so far, and he has attacked from the inside several times, plus he really mixes it up and for Israel he can do that. all day can sit here all day and attack those legs.

The head kick appears to partially land. Paulo Costa's ability to play continues. 90 seconds passed in the second round. Costa still moves pretty well, but he doesn't want to eat too many more of those. I have to think Izzy was expected to attack like that, I mean 20 leg kicks, look at those 20 kicks that landed to be miserable and of course, yes of course it was expected but at some point you have to try address it. You have to do it well and I'm not saying it's easy to do, especially when you're facing such a diverse striker in Israel, but at some point there's a beautiful body kick and a left hand kick. there from Anasagya he's so smooth he doesn't even open his mouth to breathe here almost halfway through the second round looking fantastic yeah fighting a near perfect fight and right after the main event don't miss a recap of all the action in UFC. fight night or 253 post show should i say it's on espn plus paul megan angela hill brennan fitzgerald breaks it all down right after the main event it's only on espn plus one that suddenly appeared to land but costa was able to eat it yeah this doesn't look good for palo costo, they are destroying him here in this fight and it looks like that kick to the head opened a cut in and around that right eyebrow of costo eats a punch from

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, who is firing on all cylinders tonight, that ability to the game is slowing down a bit, John, you're right about that, less than two minutes here in the second round and now off Sonia attacks the inside of that right leg, that leg, that leg is rubbish, absolute rubbish, Costa He has to compromise John if he wants to stay in this fight. because izzy will do this from the outside for the rest of this fight if he has to if he doesn't catch him but now that he's been attacking the legs so much izzy can afford to take risks and start climbing the stairs because now it's been a long time coming his attention and then he comes out and then he'll go to the leg again it's too easy, too easy, it's too good, I mean, you look at Polycaster and you think, oh, he has to come in with these dangerous shots and I know you. you're angry, he's talking to the camera, i know your man, but hey, auckland wanganui road of vegas lagos city mr carry alexis has left anderson silva kelvin gastelum robert whitaker yoel romero and now paulo costa in his wake wants to fight with all figures imposing that meant paulo costa and man, did he properly dispose of that top contender tonight?

I mean, with ease, John with ease, he made it look easy, the leg kicks and then what did I say, I said, he's going to start chewing on those legs. and he will find his chance to come back up top, he lands those kicks to the head, he lands those punches and then when he has you, the elbows from above rain down blows, okay, this

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of the fight is brought to you by the government x yes you have an army. or first aid experience get the best deals on the gear you love at govx.com well let's take a look this is some beautiful work here oh from the dome I don't know how Costa ate that one although he opened it and in At this point his legs are gone, I mean, he was trying to put on a good poker face, but his legs got smashed by Israel Anasanya here, look at that slide boom, there's that slide back, left hand, right outside the temple , he drops it and Israel begins to kill. smashing with a hammer fist is very similar to the finish against Robert Whittaker here and the way they end up in this awkward position ends up mounting and you see, you see how much he wants to land those elbows with all the trash talk, all the slap talk.

That's been happening, let's look around the corners. Eugene while his team loses their minds over it. Congratulations Israel Anderson. You look fantastic tonight. Eighty percent don't give you around 30. Don't take that drink just to go up to the next 80. No. I bet you 90 minutes doing your honest walk is still upset about Shane Young. His teammate's opponent declined and missed weight by four pounds and ended up getting a win and an emphatic one. Now look at the post-fight stats provided to you by Draftkings. Download the free draftkings app to get in on all the fight action use code ufc when you sign up at draftkings you can bet on it to see the longest winning streaks in ufc middleweight history anderson silva entrenched there with 13 with Adasanya tying Chris Rodman at nine now looks like a pretty good bet to double him. hey, stay salty, the official decision comes to you through the guaranteed rate.

You could save a lot of money on your mortgage with the guaranteed rate's incredibly low rates. Take action now by visiting rape.com one last time tonight here is bruce buffer ladies and gentlemen referee jason herzog is called to stop this contest at three minutes 59 seconds of the second round declaring the winner by technical knockout and still the undisputed weight champion ufc middleweight in the world israel latest style doubler honestly the fastest man in the world baby