Israel Adesanya
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887 appearances
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first heard Oct 2024
last heard Nov 2024
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So the mistake was just a lapse in focus. Because I tripped. Bad footwork and I tripped. And then that was when he was kind of throwing at me. And people thought, oh, you heard him. And I got up and I was like, the ground. And then DC was like, he's doing the Max Holloway. But I was kind of just being like, nah, the ground. But even that moment right there. I shouldn't have.
Just stay focused on a task at hand because you need 30 minutes of focus while you're in there. So you can't even just have a lapse in judgment for a split second because if not, someone can jump on you and capitalize. And I've done that to people as well. But this guy, I mean, got done to me.
Yeah, because again, I was just telling him like, it wasn't you, it was the ground.
I tripped.
You never see me... In the fight, complained to the ref, unless like when Brunson really grabbed my shorts for the second time. And I was like, ref, that's twice. But you never see me kind of like lose focus. I just focus on a task at hand. But yeah, in that moment, I lost focus and that was it for me at the time. Yeah. Outside of that, anything surprising?
Nah, because the strength was something that was, oh, he's so much this, he's so much that. But I felt strong in there. Again, shout out Matt. So I felt really strong. I felt... Fast. If you do the numbers, like my guy Bill Smart did the numbers and said that was the most active I've ever been in any of my fights in the UFC.
Yeah, so I was putting the pace on him. So again, you know, took time off, came back, felt great. That's the main thing. I felt great when I was fighting. So now we're going to build. We did my testing about four weeks ago now, three weeks ago. So we've got the numbers. We're like, cool, we are where we were four weeks out from the fight. So it's like, cool, let's build off from that.
I want to build off.
I actually have no idea. That's the thing. And it's nice to know that. And I was even telling Rose this. I've never felt that when people talk about, say, you know, I lost the belt. Like, Matt Hughes was one of the first people I heard. Who's my chef's name, by the way? Matt Hughes. Wow. Yeah. But Matt Hughes, the legend, UFC icon, was the first one I heard talk about when he lost the belt.
He felt this pressure come off. Like, ugh. I'm not the champ anymore. But I'd never felt that because I was the champ for so long. And then when I lost it in MSG, it was kind of like, fuck, let's do it again. And then it wasn't until even when I lost it to Strickland, I still felt like, you know, that target on my back and it still is.
But after this fight, I was kind of like, well, man, like I wasn't attached to the result. I just wanted to show off. I wanted to fight. And I did. So now I'm in a spot where it's like. Who do I fight? When do I fight? Because I'm only doing main events, five-rounders, and title fights. That's all I've done for the last how many years.
It's kind of nice to just not have that be the focus now, but now just fight, show off, make money. But we'll see. I'm excited. Where do you get, like...
We need more.
I haven't said, even getting a submission right now would be meaningful to me more than getting a bill for the third time. So that's the thing.
I got a couple at home. They just sit there. They don't go away.
Like, I believe you. Yeah, because I said it from the jump, and I'm glad you remember that. Yeah. But now it's just, again, highlights, cool shit. Yeah. Like, again, when I was fighting, I realized this because it happened to Anderson. It's happened to Jones. It's happened to a lot of the greats. The longer you defend a belt, the— I'm not speaking for those guys. Of course.
I'm saying the longer you defend the belt, the less risk you take. Because you see the way I was fighting. One of the examples I gave was my Brad Tavares fight in round one. Cool, I hear the clapper, 10 seconds left. I said, I'm gonna try a Minari roll. I landed it in training quite a lot, but I've never ever tried it in a fight. So I was like, let me try that shit.
Did it, just missed, because my hips weren't high enough. And then I got up and I was like, ah, come on.
Yeah, because it's not just about me.
Yeah, it's not just about me. It's about, you know, when I win and I have the belt, there's a lot of people that eat. Yeah. So, you know, it just slowly, and it's not on purpose. It's something that just happens. Like I said, with Sylvia, I've seen it as a fan, and with Jones as well, I've seen it. But then now I'm kind of free of that. I'm just like, and I know I'm good and all that.
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