Perhaps no UFC champion since Brock Lesnar has run up the ranks to a title with so singular a skill set. To date, over three years and nine fights in the Octagon, Israel Adesanya has attempted three takedowns and three submissions, completing none of them. Over the same stretch he’s thrown 1166 strikes, landing 606 (a 52% clip), resulting in eleven knockdowns. Who Adesanya is in the cage, and what he brings to the table, couldn’t be clearer.
But, the champ appears to be looking to change that reputation. Over on his Instagram page, the middleweight king revealed that he’d recently received his purple belt from BJJ master Andre Galvao.