Unfortunately "our" Stake ambassador lost his first fight of this partnership, I don't really understand why Stake chose this guy actually, a lady like Amanda Nunes would have been a more original, modern (and smarter) choice IMHO.
You were a fan of Israel Adesanya and now you think that he is not the best ambassador, watch his old tapes and you will understand why you should like him as a fighter, his striking skills is above anyone else in his division and he is basically a striker without zero ground skills before debuting in MMA and you need to respect Jan Błachowicz who is a black belt in BJJ and has the wrestling pedigree along with his striking and his size advantage.
Israel Adesanya always liked to test his skills and he came up short in a higher weight division which is around 20 pounds higher than his division and that does to take away his greatness as a fighter in his division.
Before his first loss he was
-undefeated
-KO specialist
-has huge potential
He was undefeated in MMA and he liked the challenges, he has over 100 professional fights and you cannot say that he had the potential for someone who had over 100 fights, he is a talent and his only loss comes when he moves up in weight division, when he fights in his weight division there is no one to challenge him and he always demolishes his opponents and he will continue to do so until some contender pops up who has a wrestling background and i always thought that only Khamzat Chimaev posses a threat if he climbs the ladder and now he is not fighting anymore due to his corona complications he has not potential danger in his division.
I have watched the bout and this match reminded me of the first match of AJ and Andy Ruiz not because Jan Błachowicz is like Andy Ruiz but Adesanya surely is like Anthony Joshua during that match. He was like AJ in a way where he wasn't himself or you will see that he has no confidence during the match he simply wasn't in his game this time and I think that is one of the biggest reasons why he didn't pull out an amazing win.
You cannot compare this to AJ and Ruiz fight as Israel Adesanya was moving up in weight division and it is not like boxing where the upper weight division is a few pounds away, he was fighting a fighter who was clearly 20 pounds above his division and he was dominated in the ground game and with the weight difference he could dominate in the ground, in the stand up the fight was really close .