UFC legend says Seattle loss would mark Israel Adesanya retirement
Should Israel Adesanya lose in UFC Seattle, will that mark the end of his legendary career?
Should he lose at UFC Fight Night 271 , will Israel Adesanya be done? UFC legend Michael Bisping thinks so, ahead of Adesanya's middleweight main event Saturday vs. Joe Pyfer at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
"If Izzy loses this one, I think that'll be the end of his career," Bisping said recently on the "Believe You Me" podcas. "I think he will choose to say, 'I clearly haven't got it anymore because back in the day I would've smoked someone like Joe Pyfer. ' The reality is, what is he, (36) years old?
It comes to everyone, and this sport decides when you retire. The sport retires you, and you don't retire from the sport. And that could be what we're seeing, or it could just be he had a good run in fighting, a lot of kickboxers and not the most wrestlers.
I'm not trying to rip on his career. Then you go against Dricus (Du Plessis), had a bad night against (Sean) Strickland you go up against (Alex) Pereira. There's no shame in any of these losses.