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Former two-time UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has labeled his highly anticipated return to the octagon against Joe Pyfer as the most significant fight of his career.
The 36-year-old Nigerian-born fighter is set to headline UFC Fight Night 271 in Seattle on March 28.
After a year-long hiatus and riding an unprecedented three-fight losing streak, Adesanya entered the cage as the betting underdog for the first time in his professional mixed martial arts career.
Facing the 14th-ranked Pyfer, Adesanya insists that the stakes are incredibly high, not just for his opponent, but for his own legacy.
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Speaking on his YouTube channel, the former champion clarified that his motivation for this bout is deeply personal.
He acknowledged that while a win would be monumental for Pyfer, the fight holds a different kind of weight for himself.
Having sat at the pinnacle of the sport for years, Adesanya feels an intense need to prove that he remains elite despite his recent setbacks.
Adesanya expressed a strong desire to silence his critics and solidify his status as one of the greatest of all time.
He noted that he wants fans to recognize his greatness even after a year off and a difficult skid. To achieve this, he teased the unveiling of a new arsenal of techniques.
He promised to showcase an array of skills that he has kept hidden, expressing confidence that the dynamics of the fight will allow him to do things he has never done before inside the cage.
Boasting a professional record of 24 wins and 5 losses, with 16 of those victories coming by way of knockout, Adesanya holds the record for the second-longest winning streak in UFC middleweight history.
Now, fully recovered and mentally refreshed, he is eager to remind the world of his capabilities.
Concluding his thoughts on the upcoming bout, Adesanya declared that everything he has experienced in his career has built up to this exact moment.
With his confidence fully restored, the former champion sent a clear warning to the middleweight division, asserting that he feels completely unstoppable and cannot be messed with.
