7/3/2022 1:50:40 AM EST
Israel Adesanya is still the UFC middleweight champion. Adesanya defeated challenger Jared Cannonier by unanimous decision on Saturday at UFC 276 in Las Vegas. Adesanya took the cards 49-46, 49-46, 50-45."They had an excellent gameplan," Adesanya said about Cannonier's team. "It was really hard to get my follow-ups going."Adesanya improves to 12-0 in the middleweight division, second-longest streak in UFC behind Anderson Silva (13-0). Adesanya called out who he wants to fight next: Alex Pereira, who owns two wins over Adesanya in kickboxing. Pereira also fought - and won - on the undercard Saturday night. Pereira was in the arena for Adesanya's pronouncement. "The first time I told you it was an error on my part spamming the right hand," Adesanya said to Pereira. "That was in kickboxing. ... Next time I punch you, you'll be on skates and you're gonna be frozen like Elsa. I'll leave it at that."In the co-main event, Alexander Volkanovski battered Max Holloway in their five-round featherweight title fight and won by unanimous decision. Volkanovski took the cards 50-45 across the board. Volkanovski landed 199 signature strikes, opening up cuts to Holloway's face by fight's end. --Field Level Media