Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya analyzed his loss to Nassourdin Imawowu.
"I knew I was going to catch him at the end of the second or third round. I had to take a break. Again, in saying that, I'm not looking for excuses or diminishing his merit. He hit me because I needed to reset, but I thought it was OK.
I was in the wrong distance because when you catch the rhythm, you're in the flow and then that poke in the eye knocked me out of it. I should have been 15-20 centimeters further away when changing stance, and he was smart enough to realize that and catch me. It was a perfect moment and then he added a left hook at the net and I realized it was the end," Adesanya said on his YouTube channel.
Recall that Adesanya lost to Imawowu by knockout at UFC Fight Night 250 on February 1. For the New Zealand-born Nigerian, this defeat was his third consecutive loss.
