• UFC Champion Israel Adesanya Marks Out After Seeing Booker T At The UFC 271 Post-Fight Press Conference
In the main event of tonight’s UFC 271 pay-per-view, Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker via unanimous decision to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship.
In the co-main event, Tai Tuivasa knocked out Derrick Lewis with an elbow shot in their Heavyweight fight.
You can watch it below:
Below are the complete results from the main card of UFC 271:
– Bobby Green def. Nasrat Haqparast via Decision (unanimous) in their 3-round Lightweight (155 lbs) bout
– Renato Moicano def. Alexander Hernandez via Submission (rear-naked choke) in the 2nd round of their Lightweight (155 lbs) bout
– Jared Cannonier def. Derek Brunson via KO (elbows) in the 2nd round of their Middleweight (185 lbs) bout
– Tai Tuivasa def. Derrick Lewis via KO (elbow) in the 2nd round of their Heavyweight (265 lbs) bout
– Israel Adesanya (c) def. Robert Whittaker via Decision (unanimous) in their 5-round fight to retain the UFC Middleweight (185 lbs) Championship
In the UFC 271 post-fight press conference, Adesanya marked out after seeing 2-time WWE Hall of Famer Booker T in front of him, as he was big wrestling fan back in the day.
Booker T later asked him a question as well. You can check out Adesanya’s reaction in the video below at the 4:20 and 14:00 mark:
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• ON THIS DAY IN WCW HISTORY (February 12, 1996) – WCW MONDAY NITRO
On this day in 1996, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired another LIVE episode of their weekly TV show ‘WCW MONDAY NITRO’.
It was broadcasted from the the Florida State Fair in Tampa, Florida and featured matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WCW Uncensored 1996’ PPV.
The match-card can be found here:
1. Randy Savage vs. Hugh Morrus
2. Loch Ness vs. Scotty Riggs
3. Konnan vs. Devon Storm
4. Hulk Hogan vs. Arn Anderson
