Israel Adesanya shuts down retirement talk: 'I’m not f---ing leaving'
Although he suffered his fourth consecutive loss in the UFC Seattle headliner, Israel Adesanya hasn’t lost his competitive fire.
Israel Adesanya had his moments against Joe Pyfer at UFC Seattle. | Getty/UFC Although he suffered his fourth consecutive loss in the UFC Seattle headliner, Israel Adesanya hasn’t lost his competitive fire. The former middleweight champion started well but was gradually overwhelmed by Joe Pyfer in a second-round technical knockout loss in Saturday’s main event at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
It was the third consecutive outing in which “The Last Stylebender” has been finished inside the distance. Despite those discouraging circumstances, Adesanya currently has no designs on calling it a career. “You keep going.
Again and again and again and again and again,” Adesanya said during a post-fight interview in the Octagon. “I’m not f—-ing leaving. You’ll never stop me.
I might get beat, but I’ll always remain undefeated. ” Adesanya is regarded as one of the top middleweight champions in UFC history. He claimed the 185-pound strap with a second-round knockout of Robert Whittaker in October 2019 and defended the belt five times before falling to Alex Pereira at UFC 281.