Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya beat Australian Robert Whittaker in
the second round of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 243 on Sunday 6th
October, 2019 to become the unbeaten world middleweight champion. Adesanya’s
victory over Robert Whittaker at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, in just
two rounds crowned him undisputed middleweight champion of the UFC 243.
The victory capped The
Last Stylebender’s remarkable journey in the mixed martial arts. The
Nigerian-born fighter needed less than two years and seven fights to clinch the
middleweight title.
Adesanya is now the middleweight champion after beating belt
holder Whittaker in Mebourne.
With his parents sitting outside the Octagon, Adesanya’s
domination of Whittaker, who was the UFC middleweight champion before the
fight, was outstanding enough to earn him the Performance of the Night which
comes with a $50, 000 prize money.
Adesanya has now extended
his winning streak to 18 straight wins. The former kickboxing star came into
the UFC with 11-0 straight wins. He won the interim middleweight title in
Atlanta in April in his sixth UFC fight, dismantling Kelvin Gastelum at UFC
236.
His seventh successive victory landed him the
undisputed middleweight champion title in front of 57,127 fans, a record crowd
for a UFC fight.
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