Israel Adesanya Defends His UFC Middleweight Title By Defeating Jared Cannonier

Israel Adesanya proved once again that he's the king of the UFC middleweight's, with a relatively routine title defence against Jared Cannonier.

On Saturday night he continued that dominance of the middleweights with a victory over Cannonier, in a fight that never looked like going any other way.

Cannonier had certainly earned his shot at the champion, having won five of his six fights at the weight and only coming up short against former champ Robert Whittaker.

Fans began getting restless during the fifth round hoping that either man would become more aggressive, but the challenger couldn't get going and the champion didn't need to do anything else.

Adesanya won the title in 2019, defeating Whittaker, and it's been relatively easy for the 32-year-old in his title defences since becoming undisputed champion.

The Nigerian born New Zealander defeated Yoel Romero, in one of the most boring title fights in UFC history, before beating Paulo Costa with a third round stoppage, after many had expected the Brazilian to be far more dangerous than he ended up being.

After losing to Jan Blachowicz in a fight for the Pole's light heavyweight title, Adesanya went on to beat Marvin Vettori for the second time in his career, and then Whittaker again.

Adesanya's next title defence could certainly be his toughest one yet, despite it seeming like he' completely cleaned out the division already.

That's because he's likely be facing the only man to have ever stopped him in a fight, in the shape of Brazilian Alex Pereira, who beat the champion in a kickboxing fight in 2017.