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I’ll throw your hand

Israel Adesanya has said on several occasions that he keeps an eye on John Jones, but Jones remains suspicious. UFC’s light heavyweight champion, Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) went to Instagram on Monday, posting a video clip of the UFC 253 post-fight news conference of UFC middleweight champion Adesanya from …

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Israel Adesanya, Paulo Costa has steep steps

ABU DHABI – Athletes from two UFC 253 title bouts had their first formal official standdown of the week after Thursday’s pre-fight news conference. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (19-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC), who put his title on the line against Brazilian powerhouse Paulo Costa (13-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) in …

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Israel Adesanya was able to follow Jon Jones to heavyweight

Israel Adesanya thinks it’s time for Jon Jones to commit to moving on to the heavyweight division. Jones (25-1 MMA, 12-0 UFC) announced Monday that he had reached an agreement with the UFC brass to lower his lightweight championship in heavyweight. Jones indicated that negotiations would begin to look at …

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