UFC Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has signed a new contract with the UFC and its speculated to be one of the biggest deals in UFC history. According to Paradigm Sports Management, Israel Adesanya has signed a new multi-fight with the UFC. The deal is said to be one of the highest-paid deals. It is also rumoured to be the second-biggest deal with the UFC after Conor McGregor. Paradigm Sports Management has also previously helped Conor McGregor sign amazing deals with the UFC. Now It’s Israel Adesanya who is reaching another level of heights due to his star power and also because of his achievements inside the octagon.
Paradigm Sports Management, a leading global sports management, business, and media agency that has represented Adesanya since 2019, released a statement:
“We are very happy with the terms of Israel’s new promotional agreement with UFC,” Paradigm’s Tim Simpson wrote. “Israel truly deserves to be the position that he’s in and we look forward to several more prosperous years with UFC.”
Israel Adesanya is now scheduled to make his 4th title defense against the guy he won the belt against Robert Whittaker. The duo is set to fight at UFC 271.
Israel Adesanya says he was bored in his previous fights against Marvin Vettori and Jan Blachowicz
Israel Adesanya in his recent interview stated that he was bored during his last fight. He said that his coaches were keeping him active in his fights against Marvin Vettori and Jan Blachowicz. He won his fight against Vettori by the decision but lost his light-heavyweight title fight against Jan.
“I want to get three this year,” Adesanya said. “At least, at least three fights this year. I’m not happy. Last year was my, to be honest, most lackluster year in my UFC career, I feel. It was just two fights. I went up to light heavyweight, failed that side mission, and I defended my belt at middleweight, and there’s a point in that [Vettori] fight I got bored. My [striking] coach ‘Twista’ was like, ‘Don’t get bored, Izzy. Stay in it.’ I remember he said that and I was like, ‘Oh yeah, true.’ He could notice. I don’t know what he saw, but he just noticed I switched off. I was just like, ‘Meh, this isn’t fun anymore.’ Because the guy wasn’t trying to win, he was trying to survive. I was like, I’m the one with the belt, you’re being super defensive, so yeah.”
“I’ve accomplished a lot, exceeded a lot of my goals, but I’ve written down new ones. I’ve jotted down new ones that I will accomplish, so yeah, I’m going back to my younger self. I’m tapping back into my younger self when I was soaking everything up, really enjoying the moment, really all the experiences I was soaking up. So I’m tapping back into that young Izzy.”
Highlights:
- Israel Adesanya signs a new multi-fight deal with the UFC