Many were underwhelmed by Israel Adesanya’s performance against Jared Cannonier at UFC 276. “The Last Stylebender” did successfully defend the undisputed middleweight title, but some fans and fighters were unsatisfied by the five-round “sparring session” they witnessed.
UFC president Dana White didn’t speak to the media at the time, but he was able to give his thoughts on the said fight during Saturday’s scrum after UFC Long Island.
“He won. I don’t know if it was the performance that he wanted to give or that he was selling leading into that fight,” White said of Adesanya.