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Adesanya was mercilessly trolled for practicing with a tennis ball ahead of his upcoming title defense against Alex Pereira. A fan hilariously asked if ‘The Last Stylebender’ was preparing for a fight against tennis icon Novak Djokovic. @SouthgateDon wrote:
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The post by ESPN MMA claimed that Adesanya’s preparations for UFC 281 is different. Several fans noted that Anderson Silva had mastered the head movement drill with tennis balls back in 2009. @Ebab117 wrote:
Watch Silva doing the drill below:
Fans also took a dig at Adesanya’s fighting style and accused him of training to “point fight.” Twitter user @pr98712 wrote:
Jake Paul plans to copy Israel Adesanya’s tactics in fight against Anderson Silva
Israel Adesanya emphatically outpointed his role model Anderson Silva at UFC 234 in 2019. During the bout, ‘The Last Stylebender’ used some of Silva’s own techniques, instigating ‘The Spider’ to engage while shrugging off his shots.
Jake Paul is now scheduled to fight Silva in a boxing match on September 29 at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. If the Brazilian starts taunting him during the fight, Paul plans to respond in a similar fashio as Israel Adesanya.
‘The Problem Child’ believes that Silva will get derailed if his taunts are answered back. However, Paul does not intend on slackening his guard by engaging in a taunting game with the former UFC middleweight kingpin. The 25-year-old recently told ESPN:
Watch Paul’s interview with ESPN below:
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