Peter Obi Reacts To Israel Adesanya’s UFC 253 Victory Against Costa

Former Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, has praised Israel Adesanya for his victory against Paulo Costa at the UFC 253.

Naija News had reported earlier that Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya defeated Brazilian Paulo Costa via TKO to retain the Middleweight Championship in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC 253).

The is the 20th career MMA victory for the Nigerian-New Zealand UFC middleweight champion. When Adesanya vs Costa kicked off, there was less action in the first round as both MMA fighters traded few kicks and punches with the Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, Costa pressing Adesanya but throwing few shots.

Adesanya also known as Izzy or Stlebender, came out with more purpose in the second round, outboxing his opponent and landing deadly shots. Before the match against Costa, Adesanya defeated Yoel Romero by decision at the UFC 248 pay-per-view event from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In October 2019, Adesanya became the new UFC middleweight champion when he finished Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 by TKO. Before that, Adesanya picked up a decision win over Kelvin Gastelum in the co-headliner of the UFC 236 pay-per-view event.

Adesanya fought six times in less than a year-and-a-half total in the UFC and won all six bouts before heading into the fight against Costa on Saturday night.

Reacting to Adesanya’s victory in a tweet on the micro-blogging site on Sunday, Obi tweeted: “Congratulations to @stylebender
for a successful defence of his UFC middleweight title. Stand up for the champion! -PO #UFC253”.

Congratulations to @stylebender for a successful defence of his UFC middleweight title. Stand up for the champion! -PO #UFC253 pic.twitter.com/cyTwOiSJun

— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) September 27, 2020