{"id":37487,"date":"2026-03-30T14:16:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Israel-Adesanya-releases-statement-on-loss-at-UFC-Seattle-200655"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:16:41","slug":"israel-adesanya-releases-statement-on-loss-at-ufc-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/israel-adesanya-releases-statement-on-loss-at-ufc-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya releases statement on loss at UFC Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/israel-adesanya-releases-statement-on-loss-at-ufc-seattle.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Israel-Adesanya-56374\">Israel<br \/>\nAdesanya<\/a> is dealing with the roughest patch of his<br \/>\ncareer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya fought way down the rankings, taking on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Joe-Pyfer-239253\">Joe Pyfer<\/a> in<br \/>\nthe main event at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-271-March-28-110786\"><br \/>\nUFC Seattle<\/a> on Saturday. After a close first round, \u201cThe Last<br \/>\nStylebender\u201d appeared to be gaining momentum in the second round.<br \/>\nHowever, Pyfer took Adesanya down, flattened him out, and unleashed<br \/>\nbrutal ground-and-pound to secure the finish in the second round.<br \/>\nThe defeat extended Adesanya\u2019s longest losing streak of his career<br \/>\nto four in a row.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>&#8216;Respawn and Go Again&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>The former middleweight champion has since opened up about his<br \/>\nloss. While Adesanya knows it\u2019s a hard time for his supporters, the<br \/>\nformer middleweight champion humbly admits that he is going through<br \/>\nan even harder time. Regardless, Adesanya vows to rise again and<br \/>\nkeep going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it\u2019s hard on my people seeing me fall,\u201d Adesanya wrote on<br \/>\nInstagram. \u201cI promise you it\u2019s harder on me. Regardless, we respawn<br \/>\nand go again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya (24-6) had one of the most dominant runs in UFC<br \/>\nmiddleweight history, winning and defending the title five times<br \/>\nfrom 2019 to 2022, while even making a failed light heavyweight<br \/>\ntitle bid. Adesanya lost the title to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alex-Pereira-224511\">Alex<br \/>\nPereira<\/a> in 2022 but reclaimed it in their rematch with a<br \/>\nfairytale ending. Adesanya\u2019s career has since gone steeply<br \/>\ndownhill, having dropped four straight outings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWfahw_Dtw_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.28\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya is dealing with the roughest patch of his career.&nbsp; Adesanya fought way down the rankings, taking on Joe Pyfer in the main event at UFC Seattle on Saturday. After a close first round, \u201cThe Last Stylebender\u201d appeared to be gaining momentum in the second round. However, Pyfer took Adesanya down, flattened him out, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}