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Fighter vs. Writer: Where Does Israel Adesanya Rank Now Among The Greatest of All Time After His Win at UFC 287?

MMA Fighting

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Sports, News, Sports News

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Following an eventful UFC 287 this past weekend, The Fighter vs. The Writer with Matt Brown and Damon Martin returns to discuss everything that unfolded. In the main event, Israel Adesanya exacted his revenge with a brutal second-round knockout over Alex Pereira to regain the middleweight title and become a two-time UFC champion. By vanquishing arguably his greatest foe, Adesanya cemented himself among the best 185-pound fighters but where does he now rank with the greatest fighters in the history of the sport? Does Adesanya already deserve to be mentioned alongside names like Georges St-Pierre, Anderson Silva and Demetrious Johnson? We’ll also discuss Gilbert Burns’ win and Jorge Masvidal announcing his retirement afterwards. Masvidal called it a career after 20 years in the sport and we’ll talk about the legacy he leaves behind now that he’s hung up his gloves for good. We’ll also give our picks for the upcoming UFC Kansas City main event between Max Holloway and Arnold Allen. All this and more on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer!   Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify Read More: MMA Fighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.4

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0:30.0

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0:58.6

Budok understands men.

1:21.0

Welcome back to The Fighter vs. The Rider.

1:23.2

I'm your host Azzo, his name is Damon Martin, he is Matt Brown and Matt for once.

1:27.1

We're coming off a UFC pay-per-view where you and I picked the correct winners, aren't

1:30.6

we proud of ourselves?

1:32.2

The first time for everything, but to be fair, one of us was questioned and picked pretty

1:39.5

strongly by Saturday.

1:41.5

I was, man.

1:42.5

I was feeling...

1:43.5

There was something about some of the stuff I saw in Fight Week had me worried, man.

1:46.9

I picked, and I stuck with Israel out of Sony, but, man, some of the...

1:50.9

I don't know, the press conference, the weigh-ins, it just had me questioning, and I was

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