Ben Askren Makes Huge Claim About Israel Adesanya Post UFC 243

UFC 243 is in the books now and we have our new middleweight champion. We did not know how great Israel Adesanya was until he knocked out one of the greatest middleweight ever. It was spectacular, to say the least. Well, UFC welterweight, Ben Askren is certainly impressed with Adesanya.

For one night Adesanya turned an UFC event to Wrestlemania and even Former heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier attested to that. The theatrics, the entrance and the finish, and the post-fight speech. There was not a single thing that Adesanya did wrong last night in Marvel Stadium.

Before the fight with Robert Whittaker, many fans were not sure whether Israel Adesanya’s accomplishments meant a huge deal. Fans were also coming up with the argument that Adesanya’s victory over Anderson Silva was not that impressive since Silva was old and past prime. However, a win over Robert Whittaker must silence any doubts on Adesanya’s greatness and achievement.

Even the Funky one, Ben Askren believes that it’s high time now that people jump on the hype train named ” Israel Adesanya”. Ben Askren took it to social media to support the first-ever Nigerian middleweight champion.

Ben Askren claimed:

“I am very critical, but some of you people are missing the boat. Style bender is a fucking superstar. Charismatic, Unique, Speaks well and can fight.”

Not just Ben Askren, UFC heavyweight and former number one contender, Francis Ngannou also showed his support Israel Adesanya by claiming that Adesanya is the best middleweight ever.

“The best middleweight ever is. Stylebender no question about it. Congrats Bro.”

Well, it’s safe to say that Ben Askren is not wrong with his narratives. Even if Adesanya was not a huge star in UFC, after UFC 243 he is arguably one of the biggest stars this sport has ever seen.

Israel Adesanya is most likely to defend his title against Paulo Costa since they had a heated moment after Adesanya was crowned the new champion.