There are a lot of people who want to see Adesanya suffer his first professional MMA defeat, including top contender Paulo Costa, but Adesanya says people are going to have to wait a long time for that to happen.
?I like that fight because the casuals, they?re dumb,? Adesanya said at the UFC 243 post-fight press conference (via Ken Hathaway of MMA Junkie). ?They see a beefed-up beefcake like that, and they think ?now that?s the guy.? I?m still all hype, by the way. I?m still just a hype train. So they?ll see that and think that?s the guy, ?that?s the guy.? They just want to see me lose, but they?re going to be waiting for a long time.?
Adesanya has an 18-0-0 record as a professional MMA fighter and fourteen of those wins came by way of KO/TKO.
Costa and Adesanta had a little back and forth after the bout, which Adesanya says was just a way for them to sell a potential future bout.
?(I was trying to) sell the next fight a little bit, but at the same time, he?s a (expletive). He?s my (expletive),? Adesanya said. ?I want to make him my (expletive). So that?s why I did what I did.?
The newly crowned middleweight champion had a fast rise to UFC gold, as he won the title in less than two years after debuting with the promotion.