Israel Adesanya
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887 appearances
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first heard Oct 2024
last heard Nov 2024
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Yeah, it was close. Very. It was close. Very close. Yeah, that was a rough fight. Even at the end, they were just swinging.
Arms, yeah.
Well, we'll see. We'll see what happens in that fight. And yeah, at the moment, I just, look, I kind of like the feeling of not knowing because sometimes people ask, who are you going to fight next? When are you going to fight again? I'm like, I don't know. I'm just chilling. So again, I'm just going to keep training and... Sometimes short notice shit happens, you know what I mean?
And it's like, well, I'm already in shape. Fuck, let's go.
Yeah. But we'll see. So stay ready. Yeah, stay ready. Like I said, I've done the testing already and I know where I'm at. After this, I'm going to go get some work in. And yeah, even on the road, bro, I love this food there, but fuck. I know when I get home, I'm going to have to take all this off. And I know it will come off because I've got, you know, good nutritionists now and stuff.
But yeah, I just try to stay ready.
Yeah, they have. Just even the food there, I think the quality is different. But also, I try to stay off Uber Eats as much as possible. Now I have Matt cooking for me. So if I want something, I'll see something on the reels. Matt, can you please make this? He'll be like, yeah, cool. Boom. And he'll just make it that night. And you don't have to wear no bullshit in it. Yeah.
In camp, it'll be healthy. But right now, I can stretch my legs a little bit. Add some cheese, whatever. But... Yeah. I just stay ready.
Even recently, we had Cam, Aaron Toe, and then Navajo fight on the Contender Series. Navajo was the only one to get a contract. He got it with a hook, actually. I don't know if you saw that fight. I didn't. Yeah, Navajo Sterling. He knocked out the guy in the second round. So now he's in the UFC. He got a contract, and he's going to fight this year, I think in December.
So he's already in camp for his next fight because he was kind of fresh coming off that fight. So, yeah, he's another guy that, that's him, yeah, the guy in the red. Big Nav, boom. And they set him up. Boom. Boom. Out. And the guy I fought was tough, too. Came strong in the first round, but Navajo was able to put him away. Another King in the Ring champion as well.
I think he's two-time King in the Ring champion.
Light heavyweight.
So he's the guy. My Miami fight with Pereira, he helped me a lot. Ben Johnston helped me a lot with the looks, you know. But, yeah, he's just a fucking savant at the next level. kickboxer, but knows how to grapple. He looks at shit, downloads it, drills it, and he's using it on you straight away or the next day. He's just one of those guys. And he loves to fight.
He's a guy who just stays in the gym, stays ready. Like I said, he's got a fight already locked in. Even Loser's got a fight. Ozdemir. He's fighting Ozdemir in Macau. You know, what's his name? No Time.
Yeah, Volkan Ozdemir. Yeah, that's a good fight. I like that for Carlos. Uh... Who else? Yeah. So I like the gym, the way it's growing, even on the local scene as well. You have a lot of guys who are just coming up in the local scene and they're looking at us because of what we've done. No government funding, no backing from the sports, what do you call it, in New Zealand.
They try to stifle us during COVID, you know, moving the goalposts. Or you can quarantine in the gym. Okay, now you can't quarantine in the gym. We're sneaking around trying to find places to train. They're following us with reporters, taking photos. Putting us in the papers, making us look bad. We're disobeying the law. Think about your grandma. All that kind of stuff.
So, yeah, we've done it our own way. And we're still one of the best gyms, if not the best gym in the world. That's why I'm there. Only reason I'm in New Zealand is because of City Kickboxing. If not for that place, I definitely would still be there to see my family. But I would have probably moved... All over the place. Like Melbourne, I definitely would have lived in Melbourne for a while.
Like Melbourne, I love Melbourne, Australia. Canada somewhere.
Yeah, Melbourne. I just like the culture, the food. It was here in Austin.
Yeah.
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