Israel Adesanya
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887 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Oct 2024
last heard Nov 2024
Israel Adesanya’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They don't even care to check. They just like, yeah, it must be on you.
Someone's got some forgiving. Why'd your mom name you Israel? Was that a? Nah, so actually I was gonna mention this while you were talking about naming your baby. So in Nigerian or Yoruba culture, when you have a baby, you meet the baby for about a week first. So you're in the house with the baby for about a week, get to know the baby a bit. And then... Indians do that. Yeah.
That's when you have the naming ceremony, right? Yeah, naming ceremony. Yeah, I went to one. Oh, no way. You went to one. Yeah. So we don't do baby showers. That's a new thing now in Nigeria. But we used to have... We still have naming ceremonies. And then... like say people from my mom's side and my dad's side, important people, like my mom and dad's parents gave me a different name.
My dad's parents gave me a different name. My mom's big sister or favorite, you know, sister or something. So Israel was the name from the pastor, from God that was ordained by me. So then Mobolaji was a second name that my parents, they gave me that name. Mobolaji. Mobolaji.
Yeah. So it means born with wealth, born with riches. So each of my names have meaning. Mobolaji. Yeah. Do you still have that?
Yeah. So that's all my names. But then again, as a pastor's doing all the religious leaders doing it. What poor girl got it when you're saying my name? Oh, my God.
As a religious leader is doing that, and then they have like sugar, salt, water, honey, and then we'll dip the finger in the water and say, this is the essence of life. and have a probe up about it. And then, I don't know, like some type of shit like that. But then, yeah, I think it's beautiful. I think it's a cool thing to do. They have like the throwing of money too? That's normal.
Bro, we went to church. I just came back from Nigeria. Man. This is why I love strip clubs. This is why I like strip clubs. Jesus up there in his underwear. Yeah. We're back in Nigeria at church. And then the offerings, we do the tithing and whatnot. But then we went back for my dad being ordained as a minister in this church.
And then, yeah, to celebrate, we just, and then that's more money for Jesus, you know? And it just looks cool because, you know, Naira and dollars don't compare. So when you take, you know, $500 over there, it's like, let's get the stuff. And it's cool, man. Even in the clubs, we're at the club there. And the vibe was so cool, man.
Saxophone is playing as they're playing real like, you know, hip hop, R&B music in the club and the drummers. And then you're just there like this, this, this. And then, man, I just, I like that about our culture. We're not scared to flex. Like Nigerians in Africa, we're the biggest flexers.
We taught... All Africans, everyone knows how to flex. You know, washing your hands with champagne, that shit. We started that. Oh, shit. Yeah. I didn't even know. I never heard that one.
And then he came out strong. I forgot about that Bible story. When he said it, I was like, boom.
Are there any Jewish UFC fighters? There's a couple, right? Must be. I can't think of any right now. But back in the day, a lot of boxers were Jewish. Back in the day, years ago. What kind of thing?
That was good, Miles. Go on. So for me, whenever I do fights now, like example, the Ancestor Silva fight, I had Rock Lee in my mind. So when I was getting introduced, I took the weights off. Rod Whitaker, Death Note. Depends. I always have a character I like to embody or a moment. Even when I fought Pereira the second time, I was Jet Li in Unleashed.
It doesn't have to be anime, but a character I relate to. As a kid, Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, Action Man. It was a lot. We used to just pretend to fight in the fields as a kid. If I would go back now... Power Rangers was like one of the top at the time. Which one? Yeah, which Ranger? Come on, Black Ranger.
But the Black Ranger, because it was relatable, but the Red Ranger, he was cool too. But if I was going to... Let me see. Damn.
The white one went to my elementary school. He's an MMA fighter now, I think. The white ranger. He was an MMA fighter.
He was an MMA fighter.
I'm on baby. Last night was fun. You guys had fun? Yeah, it was good. Just the host was funny. Some of the guys that came up and girls. Yeah, it was a good show. I like the vibe.
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