
Israel Adesanya was a spotlight of Mauricio Ruffy’s evening as each males turned up for UFC 314 in help of their shut mates, Alexander Volkanovski and Jean Silva, respectively. The streaking Brazilian light-weight took to his Instagram story with an image he took of himself and Adesanya posing for the digicam.
He could not understate the expertise of assembly ‘The Final Stylebender,’ who is without doubt one of the biggest fighters in MMA historical past, and among the many UFC’s greatest stars. The image, which is in black and white, encompasses a caption of deep gratitude from Ruffy, saying the next:
“On this journey, I managed to appreciate the dream of assembly this man… Thanks, brother.”

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Moreover his encounter with a legendary fighter like Adesanya, Ruffy had different causes to be delighted. His Combating Nerds teammate and fellow Brazilian countryman Silva, scored the most important win of his profession by dominating and submitting grappler extraordinaire Bryce Mitchell inside two rounds.
The Combating Nerds have taken the MMA world by storm, with a formidable profitable file that has seen a number of of their fighters grow to be notable stars of their respective divisions. Caio Borralho, for instance, is a top-ranked middleweight on a 16-fight unbeaten streak and a 14-fight win streak.
He lately defeated Jared Cannonier in a three-round warfare at UFC Vegas 96 to cement himself because the #6 fighter within the division. In the meantime, Ruffy himself is coming off a jaw-dropping spinning wheel kick knockout of King Inexperienced, which he scored at UFC 313, his seventh victory in a seven-fight win streak.
Israel Adesanya additionally had trigger for celebration at UFC 314
Israel Adesanya has at all times been a large supporter of his buddy and coaching companion Alexander Volkanovski. So, it is solely pure that he was cage-side to observe ‘The Nice’ try and do the not possible by changing into the primary fighter over the age of 35 to seize a UFC title within the lighter weight courses.
Volkanovski did simply that, demonstrating his elite ability and bottomless coronary heart in an especially bodily battle in opposition to heavy-handed submission specialist Diego Lopes. The 2 males damage one another at varied factors, however ultimately, Volkanovski recaptured his featherweight belt to the delight of Adesanya.