Israel Adesanya Defeats Yoel Romero By Unanimous Decision At UFC 248 (video)

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
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