MMA great wants Israel Adesanya to retire
Former two-time middleweight champion Israel Adesanya suffered his fourth consecutive loss last weekend. "The Last Stylebender" faced Joe Pyfer in the UFC Seattle main event and was finished in the second round. Adesanya will turn 37 in July.
Considering what he's accomplished and his recent results, some are calling for him to hang up the gloves including MMA great Demetrious Johnson . "For me, he's been a middleweight champion. He's defended the belt multiple times.
He has plenty of money. He's so talented. He can dance.
He's a DJ. Anything he does, he's going to be successful," Johnson told The Ariel Helwani Show . "So for me, I feel like what made me so in fighting was one, I viewed it was a job.
Two, I needed f*cking money, right? When you're poor and you're broke, you have a different mindset. When I was cutting weight and I had to cut eight and a half pounds ...