Overview
- Joe Pyfer stopped Israel Adesanya in round two on Saturday in Seattle, with Herb Dean waving it off after sustained ground-and-pound.
- The defeat marked Adesanya’s fourth straight loss, and he told Daniel Cormier in the cage that he is “not f—king leaving.”
- A day later, Adesanya wrote on Instagram that the slide has been hard on him and said “we respawn and go again.”
- Reaction across MMA split, as Daniel Cormier encouraged him to keep fighting and Francis Ngannou offered support while many fans urged retirement.
- Yousri Belgaroui, who faced Adesanya in kickboxing years ago, signaled interest in an MMA bout as Pyfer is expected to climb in Tuesday’s rankings update.