@mmagoat21: BORN IN NIGERIA, RAISED IN NEW ZEALAND. ADESANYA BUILT HIS REPUTATION IN KICKBOXING BEFORE STEPPING INTO MMA. CRITICS WONDERED IF A PURE STRIKER COULD SURVIVE AGAINST TOP WRESTLERS. HE SILENCED DOUBTS AND RULED THE MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION FOR YEARS. HIS RIVALRY WITH ALEX PEREIRA IS LEGENDARY — TWO KICKBOXING LOSSES, THEN THE DRAMATIC COMEBACK KNOCKOUT INSIDE THE OCTAGON. HIS FIGHTING STYLE IS PURE ART. ICONIC WALKOUTS AND SHARP WORDS MADE HIM ONE OF THE MOST MAGNETIC ATHLETES THE UFC HAS EVER SEEN. TITLES COME AND GO, BUT HIS UNIQUE STYLE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED. #MMA#ISRAELADESANYA #STYLEBENDER #UFC#MMAFIGHTS