Israel Adesanya reacts to Shara Magomedov’s UFC 308 callout: ‘Keep my name out your f—king mouth’

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Middleweights, don’t call out “Stylebender.”

Shara “Bullet” Magomedov scored the biggest win of his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) career at UFC 308 yesterday (Sat., Oct. 26, 2024) when he knocked out Armen Petrosyan with an incredible double spinning backfist (watch highlights).

After his $50k Performance of the Night winning knockout, Magomedov had a name on the tip of his tongue for his next opponent: former UFC Middleweight kingpin Israel Adesanya.

“I’m happy, very happy. Listen to me. I am the best striker in this division. I will smash Israel Adesanya. Stay in your seat. This island was captured by a pirate—don’t panic,” Magomedov said in his post-fight interview with Daniel Cormier.

Watch the call-out below:

Luckily for Shara “Bullet,” Adesanya was watching the card and enjoyed his knockout. However, the former champion was not fond of his call-out and called back to Will Smith’s infamous Academy Awards incident.

“Keep my name out of your f—king mouth,” Adesanya said while laughing. “What the f—k did I do? Why he say f—k me for?”

Obviously, Adesanya took the call out in stride, using the infamous ‘memes’ to help him out. But let’s be real: Magomedov is not fighting “Stylebender” next and will probably fight someone like Michel Pereira. However, the one-eyed fighter is in no rush to get to the former champion.

“I’m in no rush. I’m not running in front of the train. The only way for Israel Adesanya to avoid the fight with me is to retire,” Magomedov told the media during his post-fight interview. “Of course, I would like to fight Israel to prove that I’m the best striker in the division. But also, I would like to fight Marvin Vettori to prove that my wrestling is good. Those two names really excite me. Besides them, guys like Kevin Holland and Michel Pereira.

Magomedov added that he’s been chasing Adesanya since their kickboxing careers.

“I used to chase Israel when he fought kickboxing in China. I was fighting kickboxing in China, too. Now that he switched to MMA, and now that I’m here... I’m ready to fight him,” Magomedov said. “I beat his friend and sparring partner, Blood Diamond, in China, and I was ready to fight him. Israel was very popular in China, then he switched to MMA and signed to the UFC.”

Shara “Bullet” is 4-0 inside UFC and finally showed why he was so hyped.

For complete UFC 308 results, coverage, and highlights, click HERE.