Forward of his anticipated UFC return later this 12 months, former undisputed middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya has gotten some new ink – within the type of a pair of neck and face tattoos, the second of which above his left eyebrow.
Adesanya, the present #1 ranked middleweight contender below the banner of the UFC, headlined UFC 268 again in November of final 12 months most not too long ago in opposition to rival, Alex Pereira, struggling a fifth spherical TKO loss, dropping his undisputed championship.
The Madison Sq. Backyard matchup got here as Israel Adesanya’s third profession loss to Sao Paulo native, Pereira in fight sports activities, following a pair of resolution and knockout losses throughout their respective tenures below the scrutiny of GLORY Kickboxing.
Israel Adesanya dons new ink forward of 2023 return to the UFC
Anticipated to rematch Pereira in an undisputed middleweight title combat later this 12 months, Adesanya has kicked off the brand new 12 months with a pair of tattoos – the primary of which seems to be a fowl on his neck, whereas the second comes within the type of Arabic writing above his left eyebrow.
“The outdated model of you have to die earlier than you come alive,” Israel Adesanya tweeted, accompanied by footage of him receiving his new face tattoo.
Touchdown a formidable middleweight run of victories earlier than his knockout loss to Pereira within the penultimate month of final 12 months, Metropolis Kickboxing staple, Adesanya secured 5 profitable defenses of his 185lbs championship.
Unifying the titles in opposition to Robert Whittaker in 2019, Adesanya then defeated Yoel Romero, Paulo Costa, Marvin Vettori, Whittaker in a rematch, and in July of final 12 months throughout Worldwide Battle Week, bested Jared Cannonier.
23-2 as knowledgeable, Adesanya’s sole different skilled combined martial arts loss got here within the type of a unanimous resolution defeat to former undisputed mild heavyweight champion, Jan Blachowicz again in March 2021 in an unsuccessful pursuit to develop into a two-division Octgaon titleholder.
