UFC news: Jared Cannonier gets real on 'Dr. Strange' Israel Adesanya

Jared Cannonier had quite the comparison for Israel Adesanya while talking about the UFC middleweight championship fight.

Israel Adesanya is set to defend his middleweight against Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 next month. Both men have been calling for the fight and the promotion was very quick to make the fight happen between the pair.

Jared Cannonier recently spoke to Submission Radio about the fight and compared Israel Adesanya to Dr. Strange. The challenger has a lot of respect for the skillset of the UFC middleweight champion.

“Honestly, I think he’s too good of a striker and he’s too good of a combatant, for you to just come at him with one thing and expect this is the thing that’s going to work,” Cannonier said. “I don’t know [other fighters] do. When I watched his fights, every fight starts on the feet, you know Izzy has good footwork to where he can control it. His footwork is like a wrestler’s takedown and their the ability to control where the fight is gonna take place. So, he’s been really good at using space to his advantage, controlling time and space. Dr. Strange over here. But yeah, you gotta be multi-dimensional.”

There is no beef between Jared Cannonier and Israel Adesanya as the two get set to fight at UFC 276. It's just another fight for both men.

“Well I got no chip on my shoulder whatsoever. I feel the same way about him that I’ve always felt. He’s another black man, like he said, you know, we’re both on the same path – he’s on the path to greatness and I’m on my path to greatness,” Cannonier said.

“I don’t want to poetize the whole fucking thing or anything like that, but I don’t see him as my enemy or anything like that. I see us as co-workers. I see us as two guys hustling. We found our hustle, we found our niche, and we’re gonna exploit it to the best of our ability. We’re working together to make it make some shit happen. Even though, on the outside, it looks like we’re punching and we’re using hate and violence and shit. But that ain’t it at all. I’m saying he’s a martial artist. I’m a martial artist. We got to come together. We’re gonna exchange energy and create the best I can fu*king thing you guys have ever seen on TV.”