03 May - 
Israel Adesanya gives his UFC 301 main event prediction

A flyweight title bout between champion Alexandre Pantoja and tenth-ranked Steve Erceg headlines Saturday's UFC 301 fight card at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  The fight will be Pantoja's second title defense.  

Former two-time middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya gave his pick for the title bout and broke down the entire main card.  While he'll be pulling for Erceg to pull off the upset, Adesanya knows who he's putting his money on.    

"It's going to be a f**king tough fight against Pantoja because of his experience," Adesanya said.  "I do want Steve to win because it would be a f**king cool story.  Fourth fight in the UFC, gets called up."

"It's going to be a hard, tall task against Pantoja and I just haven't seen enough of Steve to be able to like just put my money on him.  But I have seen a lot of Pantoja and I know what he can do." Adesanya continued.  "My official pick is going to be Pantoja."

"If I'm about to put my money on this, I'm putting it on Pantoja because I've seen the body of work he's put in and I know what he's capable of.  Steve, my bro, shock the world."