Prior to winning the UFC middleweight title with a thrilling win over Robert Whittaker, Israel Adesanya delighted MMA watchers with a highly choreographed walkout routine that would have made James Te Huna and Akihiro Gono proud.
With a crew of three back-up dancers Adesanya performed an anime-inspired routine before being surrounded by his fight team at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium. The Nigerian-born New Zealander would then go on to TKO Whittaker in the 2nd round to claim his first UFC title.
According to the Daily Mail (who get their information from Australia’s Herald Sun) ,one of Adesanya’s back-up dancers was attacked after the event while he was walking to the nearby Southern Cross Station.