Israel Adesanya pulled out a Cuban cigar at the weigh-in for his impending fight against UFC 248 against Yoel Romero.
The latest Stylebender defends his world middleweight title against 13-4-0 challenger Romero in Las Vegas tonight, with the main draw starting around 3 a.m. Sunday morning UK time.
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Adesanya, 30, remains undefeated in the UFC with an 18-0-0 record and was in a good mood at the weigh-in for Saturday’s bout.
He took out a cigar while standing on the scale, slowly took its aroma and mimed lighting it before backing up.
The New Zealander born in Nigeria then went to Romero for a last and intense gaze.
Romero, the 42-year-old Cuban, was clearly not intimidated.
He never broke eye contact and remained perfectly still despite Adesanya wincing and trembling in an attempt to get under the skin of his opponent.
You can watch the weighing and the descent below…
Romero’s composure in the final knockout comes after revealing that he plans to eliminate Adesanya to win the middleweight title.
Discussing the fight, the veteran said, “I have to finish. I don’t want to go too crazy, but I have to finish the fight.
“My team and I have a plan to knock him out. When he makes the little mistake – boom. “
Adesanya, however, is not at all afraid of Riomero.
“I saw this guy leave,” added the latest Stylebender. “It tells me what kind of person he is.”
“You see him cheating, grabbing the inside of the gloves, grabbing the fence, and they call these” veteran moves “.
“I played against one of the best and most cunning veterans of Anderson Silva and all of his fugazi and it didn’t work for me. I’m too aware of this … I’ve seen it before. “
UFC 248: full combat card
MAIN CARD
- Israel Adesanya (champion) vs Yoel Romero (UFC middleweight title)
- Zhang Weili (c) against Joanna Jedrzejczyk (UFC straw weight women’s title)
- Beneil Dariush vs Drakkar Klose (light)
- Neil Magny vs Li Jingliang (welterweight)
- Alex Oliveira vs Max Griffin (welterweight)
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Sean O’Malley vs. Jose Alberto Quinonez (bantamweight)
- Mark Madsen vs Austin Hubbard (light)
- Rodolfo Vieira vs Saparbek Safarov (middleweight)
- Gerald Meerschaert vs. Deron Winn (middleweight)
- Emily Whitmire vs. Polyana Viana (female straw weight)
- Danaa Batgerel vs Guido cannetti (bantamweight)
