By Temi Joshua
Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has suffered his first career defeat after his attempt to become a double champion in the UFC was dashed early Sunday morning.
Isreal Adesanya was beaten by Jan Blachowicz of Poland, by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-45, 49-45) to retain his light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 259 in the early hours of Sunday, March 7, in Las Vegas.
Despite his defeat, Israel Adesanya remains unbeaten at middleweightwhere he is the current UFC champion.
