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Israel Adesanya confronts referee who stopped UFC Saudi Arabia fight: ‘I’m f*cking sorry, man’

Attending UFC 312 over the weekend, Israel Adesanya appears to have put his beef with veteran British referee, Marc Goddard behind him — after the latter apologized for a scrutinized stoppage in his UFC Saudi Arabia return last week in Riyadh.

Adesanya, a former two-time undisputed middleweight champion, returned to action earlier this month in the Middle East, taking on the streaking contender, Nassourdine Imavov.

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Israel Adesanya confronts referee who stopped UFC Saudi Arabia fight: 'I'm f*cking sorry, man' 2

And suffering his third consecutive defeat, City Kickboxing staple, Israel Adesanya was stopped with a massive second round knockout loss to the Russian-French challenger — succumbing to his second consecutive stoppage loss in a main event setting.