'Feel bad for Izzy': Fighters react to Joe Pyfer's TKO at UFC Fight Night 271

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Joe Pyfer achieved his breakthrough moment in the UFC Fight Night 271 when he took down former champion Israel Adesanya.

Pyfer (16-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) handed Adesanya (24-6 MMA, 13-6 UFC) hi fourth consecutive loss with a second-round TKO victory in the middleweight headliner at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, and now must be considered a contender in the weight class.

Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Pyfer beating Adesanya at UFC Fight Night 271.

LOCKED IN @Stylebender & Joe Pyfer have arrived for their #UFCSeattle main event!

[ LIVE NOW on @ParamountPlus ] pic.twitter.com/Ns6hGtMT0U

— UFC (@ufc) March 29, 2026

Their time to shine

The #UFCSeattle main event between @Stylebender & Joe Pyfer is getting warmed up for five rounds!

[ #UFCSeattle | LIVE on @ParamountPlus ] pic.twitter.com/mti0yH1O2l

— UFC (@ufc) March 29, 2026

It's time for the #UFCSeattle main event! Israel Adesanya takes on Joe Pyfer.

Who wins?

Full coverage: https://t.co/h3MHGM9P8Opic.twitter.com/eGQ27xzisI

— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 29, 2026

All smiles for this moment

[ #UFCSeattle | Joe Pyfer | LIVE on @ParamountPlus ] pic.twitter.com/lWiolXX4We

— UFC (@ufc) March 29, 2026

HIS TIME ️

[ #UFCSeattle | @Stylebender | LIVE on @ParamountPlus ] pic.twitter.com/tm1xaYrNli

— UFC (@ufc) March 29, 2026

ADESANYA vs PYFER! Who you got in our #UFCSeattle main event?! pic.twitter.com/pzAKPKFbLP

— UFC Canada (@UFC_CA) March 29, 2026

NO TOUCH TO START

The main event has begun!

[ #UFCSeattle | LIVE on @ParamountPlus ] pic.twitter.com/LtSCBORkGZ

— UFC (@ufc) March 29, 2026

Good, competitive first round between Adesanya and Pyfer. Izzy scored more volume with one sequence finishing with a knee. Pyfer, generally, doing the harder pure punching.

— Luke Thomas️‍ (@lthomasnews) March 29, 2026

10-9 Adesanya in R1

Something of a close round, but felt Adesanya landed the more effective offence

— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) March 29, 2026

Joe Pyfer gets the biggest win of his career

TKO finish on Israel Adesanya in the 2nd round#UFCSeattlepic.twitter.com/9K8l77Q4OW

— James Lynch (@LynchOnSports) March 29, 2026

Joe Pyfer TKOs Israel Adesanya in the #UFCSeattle main event pic.twitter.com/ckCrchpbs6

— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 29, 2026

Alright Adesanya x Pyfer is crazy #UFCSeattle

— José Youngs (@JoseYoungs) March 29, 2026

Man got feel bad for Izzy but Joe Pyfer is the real deal wow #UFCSeattle

— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) March 29, 2026

Man Izzy looked hungry too and good overall. Pyfer just had a great gameplan, showed guts and heart and didn’t give up on chasing the finish!

— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) March 29, 2026

Izzy was on point he just started feeling a finish and got reckless

— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 29, 2026

#UFCSeattle results: Joe Pyfer def. Israel Adesanya via TKO (ground-and-pound) – Round 2, 4:18

Full coverage: https://t.co/h3MHGM9P8Opic.twitter.com/BC6ImGZtcz

— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 29, 2026

What the fudge man ‍

Keep your head up @stylebender ‍

— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) March 29, 2026

An emotional win for Joe Pyfer

@paramountpluspic.twitter.com/1D9A53cyWh

— UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) March 29, 2026

Izzy still got it

— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 29, 2026

"I'm not f***ing leaving... I might get beaten, but I will always remain undefeated."

@paramountpluspic.twitter.com/p4lUKtz7kJ

— UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) March 29, 2026

Joe Pyfer is now tied with Gregory Rodrigues for most UFC middleweight finishes since 2022 with six. #UFCSeattle

— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) March 29, 2026

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Fighters react to Israel Adesanya's loss to Joe Pyfer at UFC Seattle

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