No amount of money will ever convince Israel Adesanya to fight current UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.
Adesanya, the reigning UFC middleweight champ, said his friendship with Usman is ‘bigger than money’ and that he has nothing to gain from fighting his fellow Nigerian in a super fight.
“Kamaru can speak for himself and he has, and I’ve spoken for myself and we said we wouldn’t fight each other,” Adesanya told TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter in a recent interview (h/t MMA Junkie). “For me personally, it’s bigger than money. Also, I have nothing to gain. It’s the guy coming up from a lower-weight class that looks to challenge himself that’s almost the protagonist of the story.