Israel Adesanya’s arrival in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, going 4-0 while displaying a personality as flashy as his fighting style, has garnered quite a bit of hype.
A bit too much hype, if you ask some of his middleweight colleagues: Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman labelled Adesanya as “as tad bit overrated,” while current champion Robert Whittaker told reporters earlier this year that he ”isn’t as good as he thinks he is.”
The 29-year-old Nigerian-born New Zealander continues to silence his critics with his performances inside the Octagon and recently made an appearance on Submission Radio and fired back at Whittaker’s comments (via MMAFighting.