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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Yeah.
That's why you got to play the game, Joe.
I play the game. It's almost egotistical in the sense. Ah. The rules are there for a reason, and I am a law-abiding citizen. But sometimes there's certain things where I think, like, the laws doesn't apply to me. You know what I mean? That's why I don't follow politics. I only ever voted recently in New Zealand because of the fucking referendum. They were going to make marijuana legal.
I was like, okay, that applies to me. I'll vote for that. So what do you call it? One policy voters or whatever. Mm-hmm. The other laws and stuff, I'm like, man, unless if it's something crazy, like someone decides, oh, we're going to tax the rich 50% of their money. And I'm like, that applies to me. Then I'll vote.
So when I say the law doesn't apply to me, it's in the sense of like, I don't really care about what their policies are, you know? So yeah, that's how I live. And I'm able to travel a lot, which I'm grateful for. But yeah, if it wasn't for CKB, I definitely would have left NZ. Or maybe traveled more, checked out Europe or shit like that. But right now as I'm fighting, maybe after fighting I will.
New Zealand is beautiful. Oh, it is. Beautiful spot to live. I like the pace. I do like the pace. And, again, I like watching America and the rest of the world from New Zealand because it's just like this little corner of the world just like chilling and just, oh, yeah, Kiwi, mate, g'day. You know? And then, yeah, just see what happens to the rest of the world.
And we still get a lot of things happening culturally that are relevant to the world. But, yeah. I definitely want to travel after fighting, and I get to travel. I'm in fucking Austin, Texas now, you know, talking to you. Where was I? After this, I'm going to New York. Yeah, I'm sure I'll be somewhere else on the planet at some point, but yeah. What do you think you want to do when this is over?
So I have a plan in place because I know me. I'm an adrenaline junkie. So I know I'll need something every, like maybe thrice a year where I feel like I'm going to die. So one of my plans is... That's such a crazy thing to say. But I get it. That's why I have a McLaren and, you know, I've never crashed it. Amen. But, yeah, so for me, like I skydived twice already in the last year. That was fun.
So, again, if I said, okay, I'm done fighting now, then, okay, the running with the bulls, cool. Let's do that. And I'll just train for that. And then when it's time, I'll go to Spain or whatever and get ready for that and then go run with the bulls. Cool.
Yeah. That would be fun. It's dangerous. You could die.
There's many fighting as a dumb way to die, too. But it's glorious. It's glorious. It's a glorious way.
Yeah, but I mean, what do I have? So what's another one? Okay, let's say I go to the outback. Go learn, I don't know. to jump on a crocodile and save it from, I don't know, there'll be something. I'll find things. There's always something. I'll find something to do that'll make me feel like my life is in danger.
Because if not, you just fall. A lot of guys, they come back and fight again because they miss that, oh, I was that guy, I was that guy. And those especially who never made it to the pinnacle or what they wanted to do, then they still have that dissatisfaction. And then they come back to try and reclaim that glory, do it for less money. And then they fall short.
They become journeymen, become alcoholics, drug addicts, you know, shit like that. So I don't want to also, who knows? My main thing, though, is definitely start a family. That's one thing I want to do after fighting. It'll happen. I don't go looking for that shit because when you do, you find the wrong thing. And I've made that mistake before. We're not going to make that mistake again.
So I know it'll happen for me. And when it does, I'm going to be a great dad. You can't convince yourself that it's good.
I got talked into one. That's the thing. So now I know I'm like, okay, bet. You got talked into one. When you fall in love, you just... Stupid. Because I'm such a lover as well. I'm so soft. But I learned my lesson. And again, it's one of those things you just have to go through. And I'm grateful for the experience. I'm grateful that I did because now I know exactly what not to do next time.
So that's why I don't look. I'm single because I just enjoy myself. I enjoy not being responsible for someone else's emotional state.
Because she has a fighter. Right. Because you know this. You know fighters when they have to deal with shit before a fight. Before the cost of fight, the shit I had to deal with. And I was quarantining at the gym as well. So that kind of stuff I don't want to deal with. I just want to focus on me.
Not that bad. At least she knew better. But still, it's just, look, it's more about also don't try and compete with your husband or your boyfriend. With me, you'll lose. In a sense, this is what I do for a living. You don't have to try and compete. It's weird. When someone tries to compete with their person or whatever. I know.
This is meant to be a partnership.
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