Adesanya (24-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) suffered his third-straight loss when he was knocked out by Nassourdine Imavov (16-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 250 headliner at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After defending his UFC middleweight title five times, Adesanya has now lost four of his past five fights.

In a surprising turn of events at UFC Fight Night 250 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya suffered a second-round knockout loss to rising French contender Nassourdine Imavov. This defeat marks Adesanya's third consecutive loss, following previous setbacks against Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis.