He laughed. He cried. He threatened violence and vowed to destroy a man’s dreams. And that was all in the span of about five minutes. Must be an Israel Adesanya fight week.
There really is no one else quite like this guy. The former UFC middleweight champion showed up at Friday’s news conference like an exposed nerve. All his emotions, anxieties and hopes seemed to sit right there on the surface as he went back and forth with current 185-pound champ Dricus du Plessis ahead of their main event title fight at UFC 305.