Two-time and current undisputed middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya has been lauded as the best champion to ever feature under the promotion’s banner, according to incoming UFC 292 headliner and bantamweight title chaser, Sean O’Malley.
Adesanya, the current and two-time middleweight champion, has been sidelined from the Octagon since April of this year, reclaiming the divisional top spot with a stunning second round KO win over arch-rival, Alex Pereira in the pair’s title rematch in Miami, Florida.
The victory kickstarted the City Kickboxing staple’s second championship run under the banner of the UFC, having dropped the middleweight throne to Brazilian knockout artist, Pereira back in November of last year at UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden.