Event UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa [Results]

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Let's go Hakeem! Not too many fighters from Cowtown.

    Top two fights should be awesome.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Worth reminding readers that Diego Sanchez will have this absolute nut in his corner again tonight.

    This whole video (below) is worth watching but I time stamped it where Diego's new mentor/manager Josh Fabia comes into the picture. Diego is obviously a flake who is vulnerable to being taken advantage of (re: Dan Quinn) which is what makes his ongoing association with Fabia more concerning.

     
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    Jan and Paulo, lets do this!
     
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    Ref should have taken a point from Tukhugov for that stalling in the 3rd. Guy was flat out running. Glad Dawodu got the win.
     
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    Royval and Kara-France are fireworks out of the gate so far. This is fun fighting. Reminded me of Nick Diaz vs Karo Parisyan opening to the fight.
     
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    Hot damn. Did not expect Jan to win, but he came in and crushed it. Those kicks to the body did the damage and gave Jan the opening to unload with some shots. Great game plan, great execution, and Reyes may have a broken nose and side of the body.
     
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    Reyes was damaged but that seemed like a bit of a quick stop.
     
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    Jesus Christ, Diego...

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    Wild fight.
     
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    I would also like to add that Blachowicz just ruined a 5-fight parlay for me. I had called every fight on the main card correct up until that jerk ruined it.
     
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    I thought the ref stopped that correctly honestly. I feel like Reyes was gonna get something permanently damaged if he let that go too much longer.
     
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    Jon Jones is still an active fighter with zero HW fights in the UFC, Chael...
     
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    Costa keeps telling everyone that Israel's strikes do not hurt him, but as far as the judges see only Israel is landing anything in the early goings of this fight.
     
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    Paulo can't catch him. He's chasing him but Adesanya moves too well.
     
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    Holy shit. Just exploded on him there. Costa had nothing for Israel tonight.
     
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    Results
    • Israel Adesanya def. Paulo Costa via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 3:59
    • Jan Błachowicz def. Dominick Reyes via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 4:36
    • Brandon Royval def. Kai Kara-France via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 0:48
    • Ketlen Vieira def. Sijara Eubanks via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
    • Hakeem Dawodu def. Zubaira Tukhugov via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
    • Brad Riddell def. Alex da Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
    • Jake Matthews def. Diego Sanchez via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
    • Ludovit Klein def. Shane Young via knockout (head kick, punches) – Round 1, 1:16
    • William Knight def. Aleksa Camur via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
    • Juan Espino def. Jeff Hughes via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 1, 3:48
    • Danilo Marques def. Khadis Ibragimov via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
     
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    Adesanya made Costa look like he didn't belong.

    Now he's going to cringe us to death in the interview.
     
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    I am thinking only a wrestler would really have a chance against Adesanya at the moment. Maybe Weidman in his hey day, but you won't stand against this guy and win.
     
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    Yeah sounds weird but maybe someone like Covington jumping weight would present more of a challenge for him. I don't think Cannonier is any better than Costa.
     
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