Israel Adesanya has no regrets about the personal nature of his Twitter war with Jon Jones, and implied things might get even more intense going forward. Following his successful middleweight title defense against Paulo Costa at UFC 253, Adesanya (20-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) has engaged in a social media back-and-forth with Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) that included some dark moments. Jon Jones destroys Israel Adesanya in Twitter thread after UFC 259 defeat to Jan Blachowicz Nick Sutherland. Police cannot tackle all Covid breaches as crime returns to pre-pandemic. Israel Adesanya and Jon Jones feud gets deeply personal on Twitter as Last Stylebender talks about Jones’ deceased mother and posts videos of his arrests By Alex McCarthy 6th October 2020, 12:51 pm. 11 hours ago Israel Adesanya is one of the biggest stars in the massive global promotion that is the UFC. Despite the defeat to Blachowicz on March 7, Adesanya.
During a recent Instagram Live session, Tyron Woodley openly spoke about his desire to move up in weight and challenge the UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.
All Adesanya could do is laugh in response.
He took to Twitter and blasted Woodley, the former UFC welterweight champ, sparking fiery exchanges between the two from Monday night into the wee hours of Wednesday morning.
Adesanya first began jabbing at Woodley in disbelief how the former welterweight champ would believe that he could compete in the same Octagon against him.
Lol see me see trouble..whala just dey find me anyhow.@TWooodley can’t even deal with one Nigerian Nightmare @USMAN84kg when he was at 30%.
Oboy sit down before I lash your nyash well well 😂
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— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) April 21, 2020That's when Woodley fired back, calling Adesanya 'the great white hype' and blasting his efforts against Yoel Romero in a lackluster unanimous decision win March 7 in UFC 248.U the great white hype! I ain't hard to find! You terrified of power. You watched paint dry against @YoelRomeroMMA & now u have the record for least amount of strikes. Fix that fake ass @BOOSIEOFFICIAL Box before he come looking for you! @ufc gone protect @stylebender too?! https://t.co/Rpec3rdKpA
— Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) April 21, 2020 Adesanya then doubled down, letting Woodley know that there's no way he could match his skills in the Octagon, while also mocking the welterweight's rapping in the process.My squashed wide neega @TWooodley
The only thing you ever beating me at is a rap battle (maybe) lol
I see your ambition, you doing what I’m doing with my plans and moving up..I’m flattered.
Just remember that you will have to see me and you’ve only seen Mr Nice Izzy.
Im a 5 time world champ stick figure. I gave you props & said after I wipe the Woodley Weight division clean I'll move up. Someone asked me about moving up. You're the one that got sensitive. Now I'll pull your tampon out. And your homie name is #Hooker 🤣 lay ups I tell you! https://t.co/2jSSFbHexo
— Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) April 22, 2020 Woodley did say that he intends to fight a few more bouts at welterweight before moving up. But from the sounds of their exchanges on Twitter and knowing their battle-tested MMA skills, fans should add this potential fight to the list of bouts that they want to see in the future.Israel Adesanya was expected by many people to snatch the light heavyweight title from Jan Blachowicz in the main event of Saturday's UFC 259.
However Blachowicz showed the middleweight champion that there are weight classes for a reason, winning by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-45, 49-45) to retain the light heavyweight championship at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
How did everyone react to 'Polish Power' remaining the champion and handing 'The Last Style Bender' his first defeat?
Here are the reactions from Twitter in regards to the UFC 259 main event.
THE LEGEND GROWS!
🏆🇵🇱 @JanBlachowicz defends his LHW strap. #UFC259pic.twitter.com/2CdNbJYzAn
Great job Jan there’s two minutes left in the fight but Izzy is on bottom, great win. Definitely not expecting any surprises
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021If you ever wrote me talking shit about Izzy beating me, slap yourself
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021Big big congrats @JanBlachowicz 🔝👏🏻 #UFC259 Er diagram cheat sheet template.
— Makhmud Muradov (@MakhmudMuradov) March 7, 2021Yeahhhhhh @JanBlachowicz !!!! #ufc259
— Marcin Gortat🇵🇱 (@MGortat) March 7, 2021Congrats to @JanBlachowicz 💯
— The Golden Boy (@edmenshahbazyan) March 7, 2021Congrats to @JanBlachowicz and hats off to @stylebender for attempting what a few have ever done. It’s all about taking chances in this life! Thank you gentlemen!
— Cody Garbrandt (@Cody_Nolove) March 7, 2021That was a good fight! Props to Izzy for taking a chance. He could have played it safe and stayed at middleweight but he tried to be a two division champ. You never know what you can do if you don’t take chances on yourself. Good fight by Jan. 🙏🏽 Respect #ufc259
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) March 7, 2021I like Jan.
— Renee Paquette (@ReneePaquette) March 7, 2021Great fight by both men but no 49-45 🤦🏿♂️ #ufc259
— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) March 7, 2021Rightful man won. No controversy whatsover. I’d love to know more about those 45s but ultimately it doesn’t matter.
Respect to Blachowicz. He is no paper champ. He is the rightful owner of the belt and deserves everyone’s respect.
Great performance from @JanBlachowicz massive respect for that win #UFC259
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) March 7, 2021I can agree with the winner, but not the size of the scores. #UFC259
— Teddy Atlas (@TeddyAtlasReal) March 7, 2021Great fight to both guys. Izzy had great feints and leg kicks but blachowicz won by landing bigger shots on feet, takedowns and GNP. #ufc259
— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) March 7, 2021Congrats to Jan hell of a performance way to put on for the division ! #ufc259
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) March 7, 2021Told you so as did every judge. The commentary was unbelievably biased tonight.
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— Justin Gaethje 🇺🇸 (@Justin_Gaethje) March 7, 2021