Adesanya, Volkanovski Retain Titles at UFC 276

Adesanya, Volkanovski Retain Titles at UFC 276
Israel Adesanya (red gloves) and Jared Cannonier (blue gloves) fight in a bout during UFC 276 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 2, 2022. Stephen R. Sylvanie/USA TODAY Sports via Reuters
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LAS VEGAS—Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski scored dominant unanimous decision victories and retained their UFC titles at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday on a UFC 276 fight card that was short on fireworks but that had plenty of skill on show.

Adesanya did a masterful job of controlling the distance to evade the punching power of Cannonier, the 32-year-old Nigerian staying out of range before darting in to score with a dizzying variety of strikes across the five five-minute rounds.