{"id":393160,"date":"2022-06-20T21:22:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T21:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=393160"},"modified":"2022-06-20T21:22:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T21:22:31","slug":"israel-adesanya-plans-to-channel-anderson-silva-from-ufc-101-in-his-upcoming-fight-against-jared-cannonier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/israel-adesanya-plans-to-channel-anderson-silva-from-ufc-101-in-his-upcoming-fight-against-jared-cannonier\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya Plans to Channel Anderson Silva From UFC 101 in His Upcoming Fight Against Jared Cannonier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya spoke out on his YouTube channel and shared an exciting overview of his upcoming fight against Jared Cannonier. \u2018The Last Stylebender\u2019 will go head-to-head against Cannonier, who recently edged past Derek Brunson to claim his spot as the next deserving contender.<\/p>\n<p>Israel Adesanya has bested several top opponents, most recently defeating Marvin Vettori and former champion Robert Whittaker. While some fans believe Robert Whittaker did enough to secure the victory, Adesanya was ultimately the victor, and he\u2019s now extending his domination over the current class of 185-pounders.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-did-enough-to-win-the-fight-calvin-kattar-makes-declaration-on-his-split-decision-ufc-fight-night-loss-to-josh-emmett\/\">\u2018I Did Enough to Win the Fight\u2019- Calvin Kattar Makes Declaration on his Split Decision UFC Fight Night Loss to Josh Emmett<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Israel Adesanya predicts how his fight is primed to play out<\/h2>\n<p>\u2018The Last Stylebender\u2019 made a bold prediction about how his upcoming fight against Jared Cannonier will go down. Adesanya harkened back to one of the most dominant title fight performances ever seen inside the UFC\u2019s cage.<\/p>\n<p>Back at UFC 101, the then middleweight champion Anderson Silva dismantled Forrest Griffin in what is looked at as his highlight-reel performance. \u2018The Spider\u2019 appeared to be invincible inside the cage and Forrest Griffin could barely get a hold of the champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eqVrZ_AfTz8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is going to be spectacular,\u201d Adesanya said on his YouTube channel. \u201cThink UFC 101, Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin. Like, I\u2019m just going to be in the zone. I don\u2019t care \u2013 stay tuned.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/06\/israel-adesanya-ufc-276-opinion-analysis-fight-vs-jared-cannonier-like-anderson-silva-vs-forrest-griffin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmajunkie.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Adesanya clearly believes that he\u2019s going to walk over Cannonier and make the fight look like a one-sided affair. Silva ultimately defeated Forrest Griffin after a series of perfectly placed punches and it\u2019s evident that Adesanya has a similar game plan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-393166 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/sty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/sty.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/sty-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/sty-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/sty-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/sty-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, pulling off such a feat is easier said than done, especially considering how Jared Cannonier has been looking as of late. Barring a rather flat performance against Robert Whittaker, Cannonier has been the man to beat inside the cage.<\/p>\n<p>With an expansive reach, and an ability to utilize his power to the fullest, \u2018Killa Gorilla\u2019 has the ability to turn off the lights on Adesanya. It appears as though an elusive approach against Cannonier might be the way to go when both men finally face off against each other.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya spoke out on his YouTube channel and shared an exciting overview of his upcoming fight against Jared Cannonier. \u2018The Last Stylebender\u2019 will go head-to-head against Cannonier, who recently edged past Derek Brunson to claim his spot as the next deserving contender. Israel Adesanya has bested several top opponents, most recently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":393165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}