“I’m sorry I let you down but if you want to get off the hype train, get the f**k off the hype train,” Israel Adesanya issues an apology to his fans
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The UFC Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya moved to Light Heavyweight to challenge the champion Jan Blachowicz and become the two-division UFC champion. But things didn’t go like what Adesanya planned.
Jan Blachowicz gave Adesanya the first defeat of his MMA career and produced a major upset in UFC 259’s main event. Izzy took this loss in a very appropriate manner and in the post-fight press conference, Adesanya says,
“Losses are part of life, and losses are something I deal with occasionally, just this is my first one in MMA, but as they say, it is what it is. If I was going to lose to anyone, what better guy to lose to than a guy like Jan. A classy champion, cool dude, very nice guy.”
“A guy who has a great story himself. On his way to getting cut from the company, comes back and then dominates, becomes light heavyweight champion and then hands this guy, a future legend, his first loss. If I’m going to lose to anyone, I’m glad I lost to him.”
“It wasn’t until the last round, I credit him this, he timed the takedown well, I’ll have to have a look at the tape and see where my mind was, but he just timed it well with that takedown. I had a good lockdown,”
“I was trying to get the deep half, and I had the lockdown, but also he wouldn’t make space to punch. He did the whole pitter-patter thing cause he was just going to steal the round, cause he knew if he gave me space, I’m slipping. I was going to get back up. Credit to him, he’s a great champion.”
“I lost the fight to the better fighter tonight. The craftier fighter tonight. But it wasn’t like an ass whooping or anything. When he had me on the ground, if he had postured up and then wailed on me and thrown some crazy elbows and crazy punches and connected crazy,”
“Yeah I can say give it a 10-8, give a 10-7 even. Use the whole 10-point must system, but there was none of that. He just held on and snuck some shots in to keep busy enough that the referee doesn’t stand it up and that’s a veteran move.”
Adesanya plans to move back in Light Heavyweight division later on
Many people believed that Jan Blachowicz’s bigger frame became the reason for his victory but Israel Adesanya didn’t believe it. He added, “His size didn’t really make that much of a factor until the last round when my legs just got fatigued, but my lungs were still fine.”
“Honestly, I could have won this fight, but tonight he played a better game plan and he was the better fighter tonight. That’s it. He respected me and I respected him. We had a great showing of ourselves. I’m not like heartbroken.”
“I hate losing, don’t get me wrong but I’m not like ‘oh my god, f**k, he really embarrassed me.’ I felt like I had a great showing for myself. I represented my team very well.”
“But now we go back to the drawing board and it’s kind of fun. This is the dip in my story. This is the failure if you will. Then I’ll rise up again like the phoenix that I am.”
“Everyone who supports me, all my people, I appreciate you. I’m sorry, I like to make my fans be proud when they say what I’m going to do, what I’ve already said being champ-champ or double champ, whatever.”
“I’m sorry I let you down but if you want to get off the hype train, get the f**k off the hype train. We’re just stopping for a little gas. Understand? You can get the f**k off but if you want to stick with me, stick with me and trust me, I’ll show you a good time. It’s going to be a fun ride. I appreciate y’all.”
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