Israel Adesanya
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887 appearances
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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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One of my boys, Nate Law, he just fought in his, I think, third pro fight. The guy had a leg lock, and Nate posted this quote from Chill Sonnen after the fight about if a guy is holding onto your leg, just posture up and punch him in the face. And that's what Nate did and won the fight. So, yeah.
I mean, the whole leg lock game, I know some stuff with X-Guard and whatnot, but I don't really fuck with it too much because I get scared because the commitment when I hold on to someone's leg and then you're just exposed. Unless I'm like a Craig Jones type who I just know. As a wizard.
This is fine. This is fine. This is fine. And it's gone.
If I'm rolling with people, if I don't trust that person, or if I just feel like, I'll just go, yeah, cool. Tap. Because ego's not worth it. I don't try and hold on to shit like that.
Yeah. Of course. So that's for me. It's not even... If I go to a new gym, I pick and choose who I go with. And it's not like an ego thing because I don't want to get my ass whooped. It's just like, I don't know you well enough that... And sometimes you see people, they salivate. Like, oh, this is my chance. This is my... I got my shot now.
But now sometimes in grappling with some people in the jiu-jitsu class...
oh shit yeah I just go nah I'm good thank you and I'll get someone that I actually trust cause yeah it's not it's just I know the feeling as well cause I'm sure someone will tap me or do something or I'll just let go and then it's like that I know when it's real and it's genuine like good job and I know the one when it's like they're like, yeah, I'm going to tell everyone about this.
Here we go. But again, that's the thing when I talk about ego, and I had to kill that before I started training grappling because it was just, I sucked. Like, nah, I get taps. One thing I definitely will get is a submission in the UFC before I'm done. I will choke someone out, like a guillotine or a red naked.
I like guillotines, but it's learning how to find the sweet spot for me, the sweet spot when I get it. And when I get it, Even a bulldog choke, I get really good at those. Some, I can find the spot and I just, because I got the frame for it. The best person at our gym, Dan Hangman. That's his shit. He grabs your neck, you're going like, it's like, yep, find a way out. You can't? Cool, tap.
Yeah, I like using guillotines though, especially on wrestlers because it just lets them know, okay, this is always a threat. This is always a threat. But again, it's something I've been working on. But eventually, before I retire, you'll definitely see me get a submission.
Yeah, that was 2015, I believe. I even sent a DM to Dana saying, just give me one shot. Just get me to the cage. I'll do the rest. And look, I would have, but I'm glad I took my time. And it was good for me just to fight different people from Ukraine, China, Brazil, all different types of places. And then...
I experienced different styles, and that way I felt confident enough when I got to the UFC. My first fight, shout out Rob Wilkinson, good guy, good friend of mine now. And yeah, he tried to take me down constantly, and I was able to withstand that because of the work we did. And Andre, Andre Paulette, my wrestling coach, a lot of drills, just drills, wall work constantly.
What year did you start that? What year did you start grappling training?
I started in 2010, but I was meant to go into MMA straight away, but there was just so many kickboxing fights, and I kept on getting kickboxing fights that it was just too... Also, I like fighting kickboxing, so I was just like, I'll just take this fight, take this fight, but I was always grappling on the side, like low-key grappling on the side.
And eventually, I think... I can't remember what year my first MMA fight was. Would have been 2014, maybe, or 13. And then I started taking it more seriously. Like, I'm a purple belt now, but I'm like... I'm a purple belt. I know I'm dangerous, but it's like, I'm not like... There's levels. There's levels to belts. There's some purple belts, blue belts who can kick my ass, you know? But, yeah.
I do enjoy it, though. I love grappling. I like... I feel like a ninja cat when I'm grappling and I'm on that flow state. I just feel like I just... It's fun to play with, but then, again... I've only ever shown cases or brief, like, again, who's one? Not just the Pereira fight in Madison Square Garden. Gastelum, I had a triangle on him. Tavares, I had a guillotine at the end of the round.
Some other ones with the Kimura traps. But, yeah, just no one's really put me in that position to make me have to, like, really use my offensive grappling. But, again, when I get taken to the ground, I'm just like, fuck, I'm just going to stand up.
That's a good question. Fuck. Okay. Money-wise, probably ego. because I just knew a fucking nerd in pajamas could kick my ass. I just, I can't have that. Honestly, it's just, I just know like some dude can beat me and he doesn't have to even throw a punch.
In the back of my mind, it's still, that's why sometimes when all these, you know, boxers, you know, like back in the day when it was UFC versus boxing or whatever, I was like, well, this is real fighting. Like, you want to see what a baddest person on the planet is?
fight right no one's telling you you can't use your weapons but you want to take away all my weapons right that's why i don't think i'll ever box again because i just think it's too limiting even kickboxing i feel like it'd be really hard for me too because it's too limiting I do like aspects of grappling that I can use in a fight. But yeah, nah. I like full-fledged fighting.
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