Israel Adesanya came into his recent Octagon return in Saudi Arabia without putting too much pressure on himself despite his difficult situation. Regardless of how ‘The Last Stylebender’ sees things, a loss to Nassourdine Imavov would seemingly rule him out of any title conversations for the foreseeable future.

At UFC 312, former UFC Middleweight Champions and rivals Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya met up to watch Sean Strickland vs Dricus du Plessis.