Israel Adesanya blames it on weed for his saggy right pec; but says he won’t stop smoking weed

Israel Adesanya blames it on weed for his saggy right pec; but says he won’t stop smoking weed
Israel Adesanya

With victory over Paulo Costa at UFC 253, Israel Adesanya conquered the middleweight division to the fullest. And, now he is expected to face Jan Blachowicz in the light heavyweight division – a win would make Izzy a two division champion. However, the current poster boy of the UFC was criticized for a different reason, during his bout with Paulo Costa. It was his right pectoral which caused all the buzz, due to “it” being inflamed and floppy. There were a lot of claims that the gynecomastia would have been triggered by steroid use, but Izzy brushed it off saying he was clean and never took steroids.

More recently, Adesanya spoke extensively about this issue in an episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA show. He reaffirmed that his hormone levels were fine and probably smoking weed was the reason which triggered the inflamed pectoral muscle.

“I’m just going to slow down on the smoking weed” – Adesanya on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show

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Speaking to Ariel Helwani, “the Last Stylebender” said, “My pituitary gland was checked, hormone levels are fine, so are estrogen and testosterone. Yesterday we had an ultrasound and a mammogram, I had one for the first time. To be honest it might have been unhealthy living a little bit. Like smoking weed, that’s what the doctor from the UFC said. He said I need to stop but I said I’m not stopping, I’m just going to slow down on the smoking weed.”

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Ariel then asked if it was as swollen as it was, or if it had gone down? Adesanya calmly replied, “No! It has come down. It is not as sensitive as it was. It’s actually come down, but it’s just the fat deposit.”

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