This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Israel Adesanya 'coming for heads,' not UFC championship belts ...

Israel Adesanya’s self-imposed hiatus will end at UFC 305 on August 17 ... so beating him is what attracts me to this fight, not the belt. Those who have never been in our shoes will never ...

Dricus du Plessis quietened his critics by submitting Israel Adesanya and defending his UFC middleweight title ... the first fighter to “take the belts” to Africa, following his decision ...

Dana White tried to convince Israel Adesanya not to fight Sean Strickland at UFC 293. Adesanya was the UFC middleweight ...

This irked the likes of Kamaru Usman and Israel Adesanya, who along with Francis Ngannou and Du Plessis are the four African-born UFC champions. "Did those belts ever go to Africa? As far as I ...

There's also the great Anderson Silva himself, former heavyweight Jared Cannonier, Marvin Vettori (2x), and former two-division UFC champion Alex Pereira. 'The Last Stylebender' also has more title ...

Former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya announced Monday ... a span of 343 days — when he lost the belt to Sean Strickland by decision at UFC 293 in Sydney. Adesanya’s last fight was ...

PERTH, Australia – Two-time UFC middleweight champion [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag] thinks ... then when he recaptured the belt a second time, is what he's hoping will be the difference ...

Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has spoken out about how promotion head Dana White talked him out of taking ...