Israel Adesanya
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887 appearances
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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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And the way it happened as well, because first round I think I won. And the second round I was winning. But then that fucking leg kick, bro. You know what it is? You look at his foot. You look at this bit of his foot.
Mm-hmm.
It's like a hammer. You know, like the back of a hammer, or a hammer like a ball, it is, because that's what he kicks you with as well. So he doesn't have to, excuse me, he doesn't have to turn the hip over. And then when he hits you with that, even, because he's bone density, long legs, and he hits you with that, you just feel it like, ooh. That's bad. And it's a different feeling.
Because I've been kicked by kickboxers all my life on the thigh, on the calf as well. But when he hits you with that bit, it's just the surface area is so small, but it travels and transfers through your whole calf. And you're like, oh, I can't put weight on this.
And so it's so sneaky. He doesn't have to because he's got so much bone density, so much whip from that little... And, yeah, it's dangerous. And I think that's going to be a problem this weekend for Khalil. But I don't know why Chael says he... Did you hear about what Chael said? Yeah, Chael said he thinks Khalil's going to knock him out. That's possible, but...
But I just don't think he's, it's possible, but I don't think he's going to get it done because all it takes is one. From either side, but I just think Pereira right now has just got that momentum behind him and the frame because he's going to just avoid the shots Khalil's throwing because he's just got the long frame. He'll get right out the way.
And I don't think Khalil has the reach to mess with him like that, so he might have to get inside, but... Yeah, we'll see. This is why paper can't fight paper. They have to get in there and fight. So we'll find out.
It's the looks. It's like I'm here. I'm almost Prince Nassim-esque, but different. It's like looking, looking, bang. But again, he's just violent. When he smells blood, he just goes in. Like I said, he beats you like you owe him money or something.
Yeah, very violent. But again, I think Khalil, for him to win this fight, he just has to believe in himself. That sounds real cheesy, but... believe in himself. Also, he's a Southpaw. I didn't think about that. I actually forgot about that until David mentioned it before, but he's a Southpaw. But I'm sure Alex and his team know how to deal with it.
But I understand how Alex deals with southpaws as well because I can fight him both ways. When you give him that front leg and he knows he can get it, he gets more confident. But if you're a southpaw, he finds other ways to keep you at bay until he can get that leg.
He's so fucking big. He still can. But look, it only works until you get knocked out. And it's like, all right, bet. And let's go to 205. And I said, look, all these 185ers should thank me, man. Honestly, I tell, thank me, because a lot of the top guys didn't have to fight him. He fought, okay, who did he fight?
Strickland, that was one of the only top guys he fought, beat him, and then I think he got a shot at me next pretty much. But yeah, fucking Rob, Driggers, all them, because it's not about just fighting him. Getting ready to fight him is a different thing, but I had to do it fucking four times, so I understand. I have a different history with it.
For me, getting ready to fight him, you just know you're going to be in for a war. You know it's not going to be an easy fight. Same for him. He knows when he has to fight me, it's like, fuck, it's not an easy fight because he knows what I can do to him. But for me as well, I was just like, fuck. Okay, let's go again. And again, it's not like, because I feel that way with certain people.
But with him, it's just a different feeling, I guess, because he beat me. That's another thing. And I was like, man, I got to fucking face this demon again. All right, bet. Let's face my demons. and I get myself up to fight him. But it's just getting ready to fight him. It's just the hurdle. I think maybe just because of the history. That's why for me I felt that way, because of the history.
Because to fight someone who's beaten you multiple times, it's like... And you know you can beat them. In your heart, you just know. But again, that's the beauty of the story.
10 seconds left. But again, that's the beauty of the story because then he waited until the fifth round or got to the fifth round. He's just like... Did his fucking juju, whatever thing, and then fucking... He just had this energy, and he came at me, and then my leg was compromised from the leg kick because of the perineal nerve or whatever, and I couldn't do anything. So, yeah.
But, look, I love that story for myself, and I'm happy. And people still go, oh, when you're the third one, I'm like, look... I do it again. I fucking knock him out. Or no, it's 3-2. We got the best out of seven.
I'm not fighting for anyone else. I only have so much left in this game. I'm not going to spend this game fighting... One guy.
I don't know how long left, but I just know I'm definitely on the other side of my career. So I want to get these fights out the way. And now I'm not champ anymore in the UFC. So I'm in this situation where... What do I do? I know I want to fight though, because I took 11 months off and I let my body heal and all that, and I felt great. So now I want to get back to being active.
Not as active as I was in the beginning, maybe, but I want to be active, and I still feel great from the last camp. Did some testing about three weeks ago, found out where we were at. I was about where I was before this last fight, four weeks out. So I was like, okay, cool. We're still good. Let's build off that. So, yeah, I want to fight again. How much of an effect did taking 11 months off have?
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