Video showing the moment Israel Adesanya lost his middleweight title trends

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Video showing the moment Nigerian-born New Zealander Israel Adesanya lost his middleweight title has joined the trends on social media.

Adesanya on Saturday, September 9 lost his title to American Sean Strickland by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 293, the first Ultimate Fighting Championship event in Australia’s largest city in six years.

32-year-old Strickland who has a win ratio of 28-5 won a five-round bout with all three judges scoring it 49-46.

“Am I dreaming? Am I going to wake up? Someone hit me … I don’t cry much but I’m trying to keep it together right now,” an emotional Strickland said immediately after the bout. “I give up so many brain cells to the MMA gods … I thought I’d be walking away a little bloody, a little broken up. I’m a little shocked that didn’t happen.”

Official UFC 293 Result: Sean Strickland def. Israel Adesanya by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)

Following the conclusion of the bout, Izzy briefly spoke with reporters at the post-fight press conference and shared the following statement (via TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter):

“I had a different plan for this, but life throws curveballs at you. Win or lose, I wasn’t going to say much anyway, but right now, I lost tonight to the better man on the night, and I just want to be with people who care about me, my team, so I’m going to go do that, but I’ll leave you in the capable hands of a man who is much smarter than me… I’ll leave it with Eugene Bareman (trainer), who will handle this for the first time.”

Adesanya later shared the following video on Twitter.