Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya defeated Yoel Romero by unanimous decision at UFC 248 to retain his middleweight title.
Adesanya took on a very difficult fight against Romero as his number one challenger Paulo Costa recovers from injury.
Adesanya won as the three judges scored the fight 48-47, 48-47, 49-46
Adesanya now has the third-longest win streak in UFC middleweight history with eight just behind Chris Weidman who has nine and Anderson Silva who has 13.
"I did what I had to do."
Undefeated 👊
Undisputed 😤
Champion 🏆@stylebender takes his MMA record to 1️⃣9️⃣-0️⃣#UFC248 pic.twitter.com/K1hLzdvqc6— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) March 8, 2020
Still the champ. 🏆
🇳🇬 @Stylebender stays sharp to get the job done! #UFC248 pic.twitter.com/6r8k73zcVf
— UFC (@ufc) March 8, 2020
