{"id":397155,"date":"2022-07-12T18:04:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T18:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=397155"},"modified":"2022-07-12T18:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T18:04:19","slug":"i-was-right-there-in-his-face-ufc-middleweight-champion-israel-adesanya-slams-notion-that-he-was-coasting-against-jared-cannonier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-was-right-there-in-his-face-ufc-middleweight-champion-israel-adesanya-slams-notion-that-he-was-coasting-against-jared-cannonier\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Was Right There in His Face&#8217;- UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya Slams Notion That He Was &#8216;Coasting&#8217; Against Jared Cannonier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya spoke out via his YouTube channel and provided some clarity on his much-talked-about scrap against Jared Cannonier that went down at UFC 276. \u2018The Last Stylebender\u2019 received a lot of flak from the MMA media for his performance, as many believe he was \u2018coasting\u2019 and didn\u2019t push the action enough.<\/p>\n<p>The counter for that, as provided by fans of Adesanya, was that Cannonier in turn never led the dance and \u2018Izzy\u2019 did enough to win the fight clearly on the scorecards. This debate has been raging on ever since the fight was concluded polarising views have been generated on both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/this-dumbass-in-the-back-of-the-class-just-disrupting-israel-adesanya-lays-into-rival-sean-strickland-for-not-focusing-on-alex-pereira-at-ufc-276\/\">\u2018This Dumbass in the Back of the Class Just Disrupting\u2019- Israel Adesanya Lays Into Rival Sean Strickland for \u2018Not Focusing\u2019 on Alex Pereira at UFC 276<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Israel Adesanya pushed back against the notion that he \u2018coasted\u2019 and said that it was stupid for him to overcommit against a powerful hitter like \u2018The Killa Gorilla\u2019 who was just waiting for a counter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XIhvWJ_Fzpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere was no bit in that fight where I took my foot off the gas in the sense I was coasting. I wasn\u2019t coasting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was like, I\u2019m gonna keep touching him, and I\u2019m gonna keep touching him until he falls. I didn\u2019t want to overcommit because if I overcommit, I knew he was going to counter me, or I would leave myself in a vulnerable position, and that\u2019s stupid. But I was right there in his face.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-395520 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/292053279_1087771698834380_6792511664651878400_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/292053279_1087771698834380_6792511664651878400_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/292053279_1087771698834380_6792511664651878400_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/292053279_1087771698834380_6792511664651878400_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/292053279_1087771698834380_6792511664651878400_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/292053279_1087771698834380_6792511664651878400_n-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He also talked about the things that he implemented in the fight that ultimately aided in limiting Adesanya\u2019s weapons. Per \u2018Izzy\u2019, the claim that he \u2018ran away\u2019 in the fight was laughable and he made sure to let the entire base know his position on the matter.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf you want to say I ran away in this fight, I don\u2019t know how you\u2019re gonna say that. I was right there in his face hitting him, striking with him. So, I don\u2019t know. People might try and say, \u2018Oh, he\u2019s this and that.\u2019 Footwork was one of the main things. I took away 60 percent of his shots, his strikes. The other was just hand control, distance management and just basics. My jab, things like that.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-addresses-critics-suggesting-he-was-coasting-in-ufc-276-win-over-jared-cannonier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bjpenn.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More UFC news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/im-not-interested-in-helping-him-joe-rogan-explains-why-he-turned-down-the-opportunity-to-have-donald-trump-on-his-podcast-multiple-times\/\">\u201cOne Thing About Izzy That Is Absolutely Unique\u2026.\u201d- John McCarthy Reveals a Skill That Separates Israel Adesanya From the Rest of the Division<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ufc-schedule-for-july-2022\/\">UFC Schedule for July 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/one-thing-about-izzy-that-is-absolutely-unique-john-mccarthy-reveals-a-skill-that-separates-israel-adesanya-from-the-rest-of-the-division\/\">\u201cI\u2019m Not Interested in Helping Him\u201d- Joe Rogan Explains Why He Turned Down the Opportunity to Have Donald Trump on His Podcast Multiple Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow our UFC page for more key UFC updates and news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya spoke out via his YouTube channel and provided some clarity on his much-talked-about scrap against Jared Cannonier that went down at UFC 276. \u2018The Last Stylebender\u2019 received a lot of flak from the MMA media for his performance, as many believe he was \u2018coasting\u2019 and didn\u2019t push the action enough. 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