One of the most dramatic title fights in MMA history has received the ultimate honor of being immortalized in the UFC Hall of Fame.  Israel Adesanya's unanimous decision win over Kelvin Gastelum in 2019 for the interim middleweight title inside State Farm Arena in Atlanta was an epic showcase of heart,

During Saturday’s UFC 312 broadcast, the promotion announced that the 2019 interim title fight between Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame Fight Wing as part of the Class of 2025.

Nearly six years ago, former UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum fought in the co-main event of UFC 236. It was an epic five-round war that saw Adesanya win a decision to claim the interim middleweight belt and earn an eventual title unification fight in Oct.

Adesanya (24-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) suffered his third-straight loss when he was knocked out by Nassourdine Imavov (16-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 250 headliner at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After defending his UFC middleweight title five times, Adesanya has now lost four of his past five fights.

Brazilian middleweight contender Caio Borralho thinks Israel Adesanya's days of being a title-level middleweight in the UFC may now be over.