Nassourdine Imavovโs title trajectory moved forward in a big way Saturday when he defeated former champion Israel Adesanya in the UFC Fight Night 250 main event.
Imavov (16-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) extended his winning streak to four with a signature name on his resume in former titleholder Adesanya (24-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) courtesy of a second-round knockout victory in the headlining bout at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Imavov beating Adesanya at UFC Fight Night 250.
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The #UFCSaudiArabia main event has arrived!
Main Card is LIVE NOW on @ESPNPlus
[ @RiyadhSeason | #RiyadhSeason ] pic.twitter.com/mzYVLqfvbT
โ UFC (@ufc) February 1, 2025
Main Event Material
@StyleBender | @Imavov1 | #UFCSaudiArabia
[ @RiyadhSeason | #RiyadhSeason ] pic.twitter.com/H4miLi3yD1
โ UFC (@ufc) February 1, 2025
Making the walk to the Octagon
[ @RiyadhSeason | #RiyadhSeason ] pic.twitter.com/yjL9eH2yTT
โ UFC (@ufc) February 1, 2025
Aquรญ viene el ex-campeรณn @stylebender en la esquina
#UFCSaudiArabia @RiyadhSeason| #RiyadhSeason pic.twitter.com/dPrvrx1DJ8
โ UFC Espaรฑol (@UFCEspanol) February 1, 2025
Letโs go Izzy #UFCSaudiArabia pic.twitter.com/CzIqCTH2LU
โ Alex “Poatan” Pereira (@AlexPereiraUFC) February 1, 2025
Letโs do this #UFCSaudiArabia
Israel Adesanya vs Nassourdine Imavov goes down ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ช!@RiyadhSeason | #RiyadhSeason pic.twitter.com/bkIdItReTa
โ UFC_AUSNZ (@UFC_AUSNZ) February 1, 2025
Some great takedown defense by Izzy so far. Impressive.
โ Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) February 1, 2025
Izzy looks yolked
โ Matt โThe SteamrollaโFrevola (@SteamRollaa) February 1, 2025
Imavov did his homework for sure. Decent round one from him. Izzyโs counter wrestling looked sharp too. #UFCSaudiArabia
โ Jason Mayhem Miller (@mayhemmiller) February 1, 2025
10-9 Adesanya after R1
Imavov had moments, but a clear round for Adesanya
โ Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) February 1, 2025
Wow. Nassourdine Imavov TKOs Israel Adesanya. #UFCSaudiArabia pic.twitter.com/b0NqzillI9
โ Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) February 1, 2025
Wooow
โ Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) February 1, 2025
Unbelievable #UFCSaudiArabia
โ Renato Moicano (@moicanoufc) February 1, 2025
IT”S OVER
#UFCSaudiArabia
Nassourdine Imavov KNOCKS OUT Israel Adesanya in round two!#RiyadhSeason | @RiyadhSeason pic.twitter.com/Gj7U2mSZvH
โ UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) February 1, 2025
Maaan Imavovโs right hand is nice! What a performance. Bummed for Izzy for sure. What a legend! #UFCSaudiArabia
โ Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) February 1, 2025
#UFCSaudiArabia results: Nassourdine Imavov (@Imavov1) def. Israel Adesanya via knockout (punches) โ Round 2, 0:30
Full coverage: https://t.co/z5eNthduUG pic.twitter.com/knKfGK8IAK
โ MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) February 1, 2025
Imavov only 29 is crazy bruh the skyโs the limit Izzy will be back
โ Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) February 1, 2025
Just wow @imavov1 my congratulations
what a performance
โ khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) February 1, 2025
Ugh hate to see Izzy lose back to back
โ Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) February 1, 2025
Thank God Nasssourdine Imavov acknowledged the repeated mispronunciation of his surname. Unacceptable.
โ Jon Anik (@Jon_Anik) February 1, 2025
Congratulations ะัะผัะบ
๐ซท
โ Khamzat Chimaev (@KChimaev) February 1, 2025
STATEMENT MADE
#UFCSaudiArabia
Take a bow, @Imavov1
โ UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) February 1, 2025
Fight legend GSP reacts to the #UFCSaudiArabia main event
@RiyadhSeason | #RiyadhSeason pic.twitter.com/9bE6B1dDxw
โ UFC_AUSNZ (@UFC_AUSNZ) February 1, 2025
Only chance for adesanya to win a fight is to fight me lol
โ Marvin Vettori (@MarvinVettori) February 1, 2025
Leading up to this fight, I saw EVERYBODY posting about how Imavov would be no match for Izzyโฆ This is the fight game. It doesn’t always matter who’s technically better..
It matters who’s gonna be better in the fightโฆ Imavo was better when it mattered. #UFCSaudiArabia
โ Corey ‘Overtime’ Anderson (@CoreyA_MMA) February 1, 2025
Izzy still the man ! Head up champ
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V E R A (@chitoveraUFC) February 1, 2025
Unforgiving sport. Champ one day, champ forever. @stylebender, we love you, man, and will always stand by your side.
Congrats to @imavov1 for his amazing performance.#wakanda4ever pic.twitter.com/8aHN54Vmiu
โ Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) February 1, 2025
