Israel Adesanya retained his middleweight championship at UFC 248 but mixed martial arts fans were clearly disappointed with how the main event fight turned out.
The ‘Last Stylebender’ headlined the said fight card in Las Vegas against Yoel Romero in an intriguing middleweight title clash, which was preceded by an ‘all-time classic’ from Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the co-main event.
Anticipated as an all-out war, Adesanya and Romero turned it into what fans called as ‘one of the worst title fights in the history.
The fight went the distance but both fighters mostly played it safe, much to the dismay of the crowd.
Fans online have also expressed their disappointment to the fight, calling it ‘boring’ and ‘terrible.’
After five rounds, the Kiwi-Nigerian had his hand raised as the cageside judges awarded him a unanimous decision win to remain unscathed in eight UFC fights.
Here are some of the craziest reactions to the main event fight from the Twitter-verse:
https://twitter.com/ShkeefeRelief/status/1236537965331066881
Main event was boring especially considering Adesanya is usually a really entertaining fighter, but the rest of the card was sick. #UFC248
— Marcus (@MarcusPelzel) March 8, 2020
I have seen more impressive fights at the pub #UFC248 #weak #hollowvictory
— The Ranga (@Johnmacgocca) March 8, 2020
Most disappointing fight in UFC history? Maybe. #UFC248
— Con Solo (@CaptainConSolo) March 8, 2020
It’s also time to quit talking about Yoel Romero’s wrestling. He doesn’t use it and nobody ever stays down when he does. #ufc248
— Blaine Henry – Fight Library (@blainehenrymma) March 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/ElBerince__/status/1236546339149959173
Well the main was bitterly disappointing but the women stole the show! You didn't have to do her that bad she beat her into looking like the elephant Man #UFC248
— Nathan Luke Hodgkiss (@w1nterclassic) March 8, 2020
I just want someone to name a more disappointing fight, I’ll wait. #UFC248
— Jay (@RoughSportsRant) March 8, 2020
We had the worst Championship fight in UFC history. I blame Romero. The guy was not in line for the tittle but got his shot at 42 and wasted it. The most he did was try to save his cardio. Idk if he will get another shot at the title and this might haunt him #UFC248
— Mr. X (@urbaneskimo) March 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/3Casse/status/1236546443915247617
Thank fuck for the co-main event, two true warriors leaving it all in the octagon one of the best fights I’ve ever seen. Shame the main event was one of the worst fights of all time absolute disgrace #UFC248
— Aaron Norris (@Nozweiser19) March 8, 2020
Bruh…nobody is gonna remember this fight…Weili vs Jedrzejczyk WAS AND WILL BE #UFC248
— Mr 18 Flavors (@MinnesotaMitxh) March 8, 2020
These guys are tired from watching Zhang-JJ must be. Terrible fight.
Izzy takes the Rd with volume only. 2-2 in Rds. Winner of 5 wins#UFC248— Dwight Wakabayashi (@wakafightermma) March 8, 2020
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