Nigerian-born former two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title holder, Israel Adesanya (The Last Style Bender) has come out with a boastful declaration that he can still get his belt back.
Sports247 reports that the 36-year-old middleweight icon, who is set to step back into The Octagon on March 28th against Joe Pyfer, took another look at other contenders in his category and rated them all low.
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Adesanya, who fights under the flag of New Zealand, lost his last three bouts, but he is staying undaunted, as he believes he now understands the terrain more than any other fighter in the 185-pound landscape.
Speaking on Wednesday’s edition of The Ariel Helwani Show, Adesanya rated his weight category low, and further told Uncrowned: “I (was champion) twice. It can happen again. I’m still me.
“The middleweight division right now is not really the same as when I was in the game. I know they like me as champion, but it’s not really my main focus. When it comes, it comes.
“What was the last exciting thing at middleweight? Where people were talking about it. It’s good to have Khamzat (Chimaev) as champion — that was the last exciting thing.
“Since then, there’s not really been anything that feels (interesting). It just doesn’t feel the same as when I was in the game. Right now it just feels bland. Other divisions are way more exciting.”
He also spoke about his forthcoming return against 29-year-old Pyfer in UFC Seattle’s main event and declared: “It is just what I need to come back to — a dangerous opponent that they’re trying to feed me to.
“This is a game. This is what happens. I’ve watched this game for years. I just know how they try and succeed, they try and fail, but this is just how the nature of the beast is.”
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