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Nigerian-born New Zealand MMA fighter, Israel Adesanya, has been named Fighter of the Year for 2020 at the World MMA Awards. The UFC Middleweight champion, who has a 20-0 career record after beating both Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa in the Octagon this year, picked up the Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year Award, and the prize for International …

Nigerian-born New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, Israel Adesanya, showed love and respect for his culture after he prostrated for his father in his most recent win. Adesanya took to his official social media handle to share a picture with a caption, “I prostrate before you!”, a typical Yoruba mode of greeting. As a Nigerian, this really makes my heart …

Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji has taken to social media to congratulate Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya for winning the UFC middleweight interim belt a couple of days ago. Adesanya won the fight after a dominant fifth round performance which saw each judge scoring the fight 48-46. On the fight, Israel Adesanya said: “I was willing to give it all and leave it …