Israel Adesanya lost dance off when Yoel Romero did backflip and ...

Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero dance battled in ‘one of the greatest moments’ in press conference history ahead of their UFC 248 snoozefest.

‘The Last Stylebender’ squared off with his latest opponent in typical fashion before things took a funny turn and a dance contest broke out at the March 2020 UFC press event.

Adesanya got things started with a salsa jig but was quickly put in his place by his 42-year-old opponent who is known for being a freak athlete.

Romero did a little jig of his own before bursting into a backflip and landing in the slips as UFC president Dana White stood in the middle of his two fighters with a confused smile on his face.

‘Soildier of God’ shrugged like the dance moves he’d just showcased are nothing, prompting Adesanya to hand off his belt and pretend he was about to one-up his opponent by breakdancing.

That doesn’t happen and Adesanya shakes Romero’s hand to admit defeat before they went their separate ways ahead of UFC 248.

The middleweight duo always had their work cut out when it came to living up to what happened in the co-main event between Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

They went to war in a five-round strawweight title fight that is remembered as the greatest female MMA bout of all time three years later.

Jedrzejczyk lost by split decision before leaving the Octagon with a horribly disfigured face that seemed to put Adesanya and Romero off engaging in a similar fight.

Neither man threw anything of note during the five-round stalemate and they were subjected to boos from the crowd that was still coming down from an all-time great fight.

‘Stylebender’ ultimately did enough to convince the cageside judges he was a worthy winner but he faced performance criticism for the first time in his career after UFC 248.

The Nigerian-born New Zealander put on similarly uneventful fights with Marvin Vettori, Robert Whittaker, and Jared Cannonier before being dethroned by Alex Pereira at UFC 281 last November.

He’ll get the chance to redeem himself when he rematches his old kickboxing rival at UFC 287 on Saturday night in a fight that fans are sure will live up to expectations after watching three previous meetings between the pair across different sports.

Meanwhile, Romero strutted on over to Bellator following UFC 248.

The now-45-year-old lost his promotional debut against former UFC contender Phil Davis but has since picked up back-to-back KO win as a Bellator light-heavyweight.

Romero is set to face Vadim Nemkov for the 205lb title in June.