Israel Adesanya Shuns Super Fight With Kamaru Usman, say it is bigger than money.
After Usman’s UFC 268 triumph over Colby Covington last November, a mouth-watering conflict between the two, 32 and 35 years of age, has been the discussion of the web for quite a while, yet nothing strong has at any point emerged.
In any case, with the two men by and by holding the best position in their particular weight classes, some MMA fans are restless to see them go head to head in the enclosure to see who the best pound-for-pound contender in the world is.
Usman’s coach, Ali Abdelaziz has likewise advertised up the blockbuster battle, saying: “They’re cool however I don’t believe they’re best of friends.”
Adesanya, notwithstanding, can’t see the battle happening at any point in the near future.
He told TSN. “Kamaru can represent himself and he has, and I’ve represented myself and we said we wouldn’t battle one another. For me actually, it’s greater than cash. Additionally, I don’t have anything to gain.
“It’s the person coming up from a lower weight class that hopes to challenge himself that is practically the hero of the story, that will adapt to the situation and that is cool, yet all at once Kamaru’s not intrigued.
“Ali is simply ravenous. He sees dollar signs, however I’m like you can bring in that cash somewhere else. Be that as it may, he’s simply really ravenous and for my purposes, it’s greater than cash.
“Assuming I planned to do this s**t for cash and resign, I would have resigned three battles prior. I’m set, however nah, it’s greater than cash. It’s just with regards to heritage.”
Subsequent to ousting Robert Whittaker in October 2019, Adesanya, who was conceived and raised in Nigeria prior to relocating to New Zealand, turned into the subsequent African-conceived UFC champion.
He’s won multiple times in succession from that point forward, including triumphs against Paulo Costa, Yoel Romero, and Marvin Vettori.
What’s more now the Last Stylebender will guard his UFC middleweight title against ‘Bobby Knuckles’ on Saturday night this end of the week (or almost immediately Sunday morning Nigerian time) in the headliner of UFC 271 in Houston, Texas.
He proceeded: “I’m actually hoping to catch that picture of me, Kamaru and [UFC heavyweight champion, Cameroonian-born] Francis [Ngannou]as the three lords since we haven’t done that yet together.
“I get what Kamaru says about contending on the grounds that definitely we could do that.
“Come to the exercise center you’ll see me and Dan Hooker, me and Carlos Ulberg, me and Blood Diamond contend with one another.
“So me and Kamaru can do that, however so that the world might see, it’s greater than cash. It’s not just with regards to cash. It’s with regards to our country, returning gold to where it should be.”
