Adesanya Loses UFC Middleweight Title To Strickland

By Akinwale Kasali

Nigeria’s UFC Middleweight Champion, Israel Adesanya, failed in his defence of his title against Sean ‘Tarzan’ Strickland by points in their UFC fight early Sunday morning.

Strickland now has a record of (28-5-0) and has become the new undisputed UFC middleweight champion of the world after defeating Adesanya who has a record of (24-3-0) via unanimous decision  in the main event of UFC 287.

Strickland, 32, stuck to a solid gameplan throughout the entire fight and it was good enough for all three judges to score the contest 49-46 in his favor. The American fighter was ecstatic in the final seconds of the bout, but remained calm, cool and collected for most of the five rounds.

This is  one of the greatest upsets in the history of MMA.

There could, however, be a rematch between the duo, as Adesanya would be gunning to reclaim his title.