Even as Israel Adesanya took part in one of the year’s best fights on Saturday at UFC 236, and even as Adesanya won a five-round unanimous decision over Kelvin Gastelum to capture an interim middleweight title and improve to 17-0 in MMA competition, “Bones” remains hesitant to lavish praise upon the rising star.
It doesn’t help that Adesanya has repeatedly been compared to Jones due to his long and lanky frame and rapid ascent up the UFC rankings, nor that Adesanya has mentioned adding Jones to his hit list that already includes the legendary Anderson Silva.