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Anderson Silva returned to the fight for the first time since February 2017, after a long suspension for doping and at age 43. He was however worthy of the old fighter. Despite a good fight, the Brazilian was defeated by Nigerian Israel Adesanya in UFC 234.
great promises among the middleweights of the UFC.
In the end, Adesanya confirmed the advantage indicated before the duel and led to victory in the unanimous decision of the judges. scores of 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27. "It was like playing basketball with Michael Jordan," said Nigerian shortly after the announcement of the triumph, still in the Octagon.
Anderson, in turn, as soon as he heard the signal of the end of the third round, has to Adesanya, to the applause of the public. Then, at the microphone, he promised to keep fighting and to project a chance to be on the map in Curitiba, during an event scheduled for May 2019.
Against Adesanya, Anderson had a well-studied fight in the first minutes. The Nigerian was the one who controlled the stock, but from the beginning, the Brazilian showed that he was connected and, even when he dropped his guard, he knew how to absolve himself before answering.
turn in which he got better results and had a slight advantage over Adesanya – which turned out to be better in the decisive round.
Now, the Nigerian should have the chance to fight for the middleweight belt, although the fight between defending champion Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum, scheduled for Saturday, has not occurred because health problems of the current title owner.
With the victory over Anderson, Adesanya still improves his cartel, still without losing even in MMA. Until now, there have been 16 victories in 16 fights.
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