Israel Adesanya arrested at US airport over ‘brass knuckles’

Israel Adesanya, the Nigerian-New Zealander mixed martial artist and UFC fighter, was arrested on Wednesday for illegal possession of a weapon at JFK airport.

According to TMZ, the self-acclaimed stylebender was arrested by the Port Authority Police Department at a screening area around the American Airlines terminal while leaving the country.

The UFC superstar was said to have been apprehended while going through security with brass knuckles.

The 33-year-old Lagos-born fighter was said to be in possession of the brass knuckles which are classified as illegal and class A misdemeanor weapons in New York.

He was however released shortly after the arrest.

The development comes a few days after Adesanya lost his middleweight title to Alex Pereira.

Adesanya has only suffered two losses in his mixed martial arts career.

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