UFC New Zealand Nigeria descent fighter Israel Adesanya has revealed that his defeat to Sean Strickland felt like a bad dream as he goes on to credit the new UFC middleweight champion for perfect game plan to seal a shocking victory.
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Sean Strickland stunned the MMA world by pulling off one of the biggest upsets in UFC history as he took Adesanya’s middleweight crown via unanimous decision as all three judges scored it 49-46 for the American who dropped his opponent in the first round.
“It was like a bad dream, one of those where you are not even a nightmare, a nightmare is like, ‘Oh s***. F***, a nightmare, you’re scared”, Adesnaya said while reflecting on the fight on his YouTube channel.
“I was just like, you try to hit the guy and it just felt like noodle arms. Like what the f***, it just felt like a bad dream. Feeling it and watching it were completely different. I called Eugene (Bareman) right after and we talked about the same thing. We’re quietly confident.”
“I just wasn’t able to get my rhythm because of his pressure,” Adesanya admitted.
“He was right there constantly. Whenever I was setting him up, because he was right there, his coach would help him out, and I would be like, Fuck. Good game plan from them but also for me, I wasn’t able to adjust on the fly.”
“It was his night. I was his night and yeah, he got it done. I made another dream come true,” he
