Israel Adesanya fell to his third straight loss on Saturday night against Nassourdine Imavov.
The former middleweight champion was sent tumbling to the canvas by a huge right hand and then finished on the floor by some heavy ground and pound midway through the second round.
Adesanya had put his demons to bed in April 2023 by knocking out Alex Pereira at the fourth time of asking to regain the UFC middleweight strap before Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis handed him back-to-back defeats.
Heading into his fight with Imamov he needed a win to stay at the middleweight top table but Imamov denied him that privilege in devastating fashion.
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