Despite the beef between them, Manel Kape couldn’t help but feel bad for Israel Adesanya after the former two-time titleholder suffered his third straight loss inside the Octagon.
After coming up short against Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis, ‘The Last Stylebender’ was hoping for a recent against rising contender Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Saudi Arabia. Following a solid opening round, Adesanya was struck by an overhand right less than a minute into the second stanza which ultimately resulted in him TKO’d for just the second time inside the Octagon.
Reacting to Adesanya’s loss, Kape admitted during a recent interview with former flyweight great Demetrious Johnson that he felt sorry for the middleweight icon.