Israel Adesanya suffers fourth consecutive defeat as Joe Pyfer stops former champion at UFC Seattle

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Joe Pyfer scored the biggest win of his career by finishing Israel Adesanya in two rounds at UFC Seattle.Adesanya entered the fight on the worst run of his professional MMA career, having suffered three consecutive defeats in the UFC.Adesanya vs Pyfer headlined an action-packed UFC Seattle cardGettyAnd ‘The Last Stylebender’ came to fight in the main event of UFC Seattle, standing and banging with hard-hitter Pyfer for the majority of the bout.However, after a few unsuccessful takedowns early in the fight, Pyfer took Adesanya’s back in round two, and he looked destined to get the win.The American quickly flattened the former UFC middleweight champion and dropped multiple bombs before referee Herb Dean waved off the contest at the 4:18 mark.Pyfer, 16-3, will now surge straight into the top four UFC middleweight rankings, with champion Khamzat Chimaev firmly in his sights.View Tweet: https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCSeattle?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw“It’s like I could see this moment happening,” an emotional Pyfer told Daniel Cormier after his win.“I almost took my own life a couple of weeks ago, and I hate crying, so I’m going to stop.“God restored me, that’s the only reason I’m here, USA lets go!”He continued: “We knew I had the bigger firepower, so I knew I was going to keep that pressure.“[Adesanya] is one of the highest IQ champions of all time. He’s the greatest middleweight of all time.“Whatever he does, I support him.”UFC Seattle: ResultsMain cardIsrael Adesanya vs. Joe PyferMaycee Barber def. Alexa Grasso via first-round KO (punch)Michael Chiesa def. Niko Price via first-round submission (rear-naked choke)Lerryan Douglas def. Julian Erosa via first-round KO (punches)Yousri Belgaroui def. Mansur Abdul-Malik via third-round TKO (knee)Terrance McKinney def. Kyle Nelson via first-round TKO (punches)Preliminary cardTofiq Musayev def. Ignacio Bahamondes via unanimous decisionLance Gibson Jr. def. Chase Hooper via first-round TKO (knees)Tyrell Fortune def. Marcin Tybura via unanimous decisionCasey O’Neill def Gabriella Fernandes via first-round KO (punches)Navajo Stirling def. Bruno Lopes via second-round TKO (punches)Ricky Simon vs Adrian Yanez – majority drawAlexia Thainara def. Bruna Brasil via unanimous decisionAdesanya confirmed he wasn’t going anywhere when he got on the mic.“I expected the best Joe Pyfer” the 36-year-old explained.“I knew this was his biggest fight ever. There was nothing surprising“I wanted to feel like I’d been in a fight, and he gave me just that.“You keep going again and again and again. I’m not f***ing leaving, you’ll never stop me.”BREAKING NEWS… MORE TO FOLLOW