Henry Cejudo on Israel Adesanya: ‘He hypes lots and doesn’t ship’
Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has taken over the 185-pound division, however former two-division champion Henry Cejudo hasn’t been impressed with “The Final Stylebender.”
Adesanya efficiently defended his title within the UFC 276 major occasion, defeating Jared Cannonier by unanimous choice. Cejudo considers Adesanya ‘one other one-dimensional fighter,’ and thinks the UFC ought to cease selling him as a lot.
“It’s loopy while you come out to The Undertaker. You didn’t put a efficiency on Saturday night time. It was lame,” Cejudo stated throughout his YouTube section The Triple C & Schmo Show. “Foremost occasions are particular. If he’s not performing, UFC cease pushing this dude. He’s a call maker. The one battle I can say the place he actually beat someone actually good was beating (Robert) Whittaker and knocking him out. Paulo (Costa), I don’t know the place the hell his head was at.
“I’m nonetheless not impressed with this dude. I feel Alex Pereira is de facto going to essentially – as a result of each of those dudes are simply strikers with semi-good protection, however I’m going to must go along with Pereira as a result of Israel by no means demonstrates any type of takedowns and issues like that. He’s one other one-dimensional man that’s good at what he does. It’s a disgrace that these dudes at 185 kilos can’t take the battle the place Yan (Błachowicz) has taken him. You’re taking him into deep waters and it’s over.”
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Adesanya resume features a fairly spectacular record of fighters. He holds two wins over former champion Robert Whittaker, two wins over No. 2 ranked Marvin Vettori. He’s defeated Derek Brunson and Paulo Costa. In truth, Adesanya holds wins over each fighter ranked within the High 5.
Regardless of the names on Adesanya’s hit record, Cejudo merely doesn’t suppose Adesanya delivers, or at the least not anymore. Adesanya’s final 4 bouts have gone the space.
“He hypes lots and doesn’t ship. He talks lots and doesn’t ship. It’s been like that with him for a minute now. In the event you’re going to name individuals out and do all this different stuff, end them. Put a beating on individuals. Be spectacular. Individuals look extra ahead to his entrance than his precise battle,” Cejudo stated.
