Israel Adesanya Performs Pro Wrestling Finishers During UFC 234 Open Workout

Israel Adesanya wrestling

UFC middleweight star Israel Adesanya is appearing to be pretty relaxed considering that he’s days away from one of the biggest fights thus far in his pro-MMA career.

In fact, he’s so relaxed that he decided to show off some pro wrestling moves during his UFC 234 open workout. This is where performed the moves made famous by WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin and former WWE Champion The Rock including the Stunner and Rock Bottom.

He is set to fight former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in the co-headliner of at the UFC 234 pay-per-view event.Courtesy of MMAFighting, here’s a video of it:

The UFC 234 pay-per-view event is scheduled to go down on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. Here’s the final card for the show:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Middleweight title bout: Robert Whittaker (c) vs. Kelvin Gastelum
  • Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva
  • Rani Yahya vs. Ricky Simon
  • Devonte Smith vs. Dong Hyun Ma
  • Jim Crute vs. Sam Alvey

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Shane Young vs. Austin Arnett
  • Montana De La Rosa vs. Nadia Kassem
  • Kai Kara-France vs. Raulian Paiva
  • Teruto Ishihara vs. Kyung Ho Kang

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)

  • Lando Vannata vs. Marcos Rosa
  • Jalin Turner vs. Callan Potter
  • Wuliji Buren vs. Jonathan Martinez

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