‘It’s time to start tapping people out’ – Israel Adesanya reveals his Jiu-Jitsu has levelled up

‘It’s time to start tapping people out’ – Israel Adesanya reveals his Jiu-Jitsu has levelled up

Israel Adesanya

Israel Adesanya

Israel Adesanya, the king of the middleweight division is enjoying his time off. He is expected to make a move to the light heavyweight division, where he will be challenging current light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz for the title. The Nigerian-born New Zealander is undefeated in his professional MMA career with 20 wins. Given his kickboxing background, “The Last Stylebender” has no submission wins to his name, with 15 wins coming via. knockout and the rest via. decision.

Taking to Instagram, Adesanya claimed that he has been working on his Jiu-Jitsu with Jiu-Jitsu purple belt Andre Galvao, adding that he will soon make people tap out.

“I love knocking people out” – Israel Adesanya

Israel Adesanya (L) and Andre Galvao (R)

Posting a series of images, Izzy captioned it, “I smoked with Snoop Dogg. I surfed worth Kelly Slater. I rolled with Andre Galvao. This has been the highlight of my trip so far, being surprised with a purple belt by @galvaobjj. Although initially I didn’t feel like I deserve this. I trust his judgement and feel I have earned this. In my short time here I’ve felt my jiu jitsu level up. I love knocking people out, but it’s time to start tapping them out!”

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Israel Adesanya last fought Paulo Costa at UFC 253, handing him his first ever defeat in his professional MMA career. Having beaten almost everyone in the current middleweight division roster, Adesanya will soon be moving to uncharted territory – the light heavyweight division.

How do you think things will pan out for the “Last Stylebender”? Will we see him making people tap out?

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