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Israel Adesanya

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“This is why some of them do it. They just have no other choice. Obviously, I'm not going to do it because I'm not an idiot. But I realized like this is why some people do what they do because they have no choice. They just want to eat. I was lucky enough that no matter how bad it got, I always had my parents supporting me. If I hit my dad, can you please just loan me 100 bucks? Can you just give me 200 books? They would always support me. And I never went to them often, but whenever I needed to, they were always there for me. So I never had to go to that point where I was. And I would have never anyway because I'm not stupid.”
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“I wish I could just go in there and be like, look, just give me the money you have. I don't want to hurt you, but just give me. And I remember just like it was a fleeting thought. And I was like, man, and that made me empathize with people. I was like,”
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“Not my hardest. I think 2013 was my Great Depression. There was a time in 2013 that life was just like, A spiraling bat. As early 2013, I remember at the time my girl left me, the business I was working with was failing, work was shit. I had my jaw broken in 2012 and I wasn't able to fight. So I really had no like. Not purpose, but like something that I was looking forward to. There was a time during that 2013, there was a time where I was walking Millie home one time. And I remember this is when I was really broke. And I remember just looking in this dairy or like this corner store. And I was just like,”
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“After your mental health the same way you look after your physical health. So once I learned how powerful that was, I'm always on top of it. I slip up, obviously, because I'm human. And I get ill. But I always make sure I'm on point, though.”
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“Yeah, I mean, I put him in a dark place after that first fight. And I understand because guess what? He was trying to do the same thing to me. A guy respected Tyson Fury because he spoke about that, you know, to ends and how dark he went. He went to like the depths of hell in his own head. And then he's risen above it. And he says, he battles with every day. I feel like, look, there's your spectrum of physical health. Super healthy, super ill. If you do not look after yourself and your physical health, you're going to get physically ill. Same way if you don't look after your mental health, you're going to get mentally ill. So I feel like if you're, it's like someone saying like, you know, I don't go to therapy. Fuck all that shit. No, no, no, no. It's like, well, do you take vitamins? Do you go to the hospital? It's not something to be, you know, like whatever you're from. I feel like you should look.”
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“One of the ones that helped with Charlemagne's book at the time shook one's anxiety playing tricks on me. I read that during the, I finished reading that actually during the Brunson fight, that fight week, I finished reading that. And I got a lot of gems from that book. But from therapy, they're from therapy. From my own experience, talking to myself, the self-talk, because we all have negative self-talk. But looking in the mirror and talking to yourself, you know, speaking to yourself like you would to someone you're giving advice to. Because when you look in the mirror, you humanize yourself. And I'll start to like, you know, just have a conversation with myself, even like G myself up if I want to bring myself up, things like that. So that's a tool that I feel like is really underrated. It looks crazy standing in front of the mirror and talking to yourself.”
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“So it wasn't until I fought Bronson that I was able to go back home and just kind of like. I keep saying it's like I came back from prison. What do you call it? Weave back into society regular life normally. It was until I was my fourth UFC fight. But then each fight after that, same thing, I go back home and I just like have this crash. And I had to realize, okay, this is something that I can't have happen constantly because it's not healthy. A tool I can say that helped me.”
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“I guess take a hard look at myself, but then therapy helped with that because then you find the right person who can kind of help you. Guess figure you out. And all they do is just ask you the right questions and then show you, I guess, yourself. Yeah.”
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“And then I remember it's like coffee. You drink coffee. You got the coffee high and then you crash. So it's literally that, like just lack of the stimulants and I just crashed. And I was like, why am I sad? I just found myself being really sad. And I remember, it's probably on my old phone me documenting my recovery because I like video diaries. I was like, why am I sad? Like I made six figures in my UFC debut that's including the bonus as well. Yeah. And I'm just like, there's no need to be sad. I fucking killed that shit. And that's when I started to kind of like take therapy seriously because I was like, okay, this is not, I'm not going to be one of these. Bad statistics that you hear about in entertainment. So yeah,”
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“You've tried that. After my UFC debut, the after party, after the fight, it's always like I said, I get pulled in so many different directions and it's just like it was my first time in the UFC. So I was my first time experiencing all that. It's like coffee. It's a stimulant. Coffee is a stimulant. So after your UFC debut and you show up like the way I did, I stole the show. I came in there and I stole the show. And it was just like, cameras, this. Oh, we need you to interview this. Oh, come talk to this person, talk to this person. And then... I didn't get time to myself till I got back home. And when I was back home and I was in my own house and finally away from all the noise, then it's just like, ooh.”
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“It said more about them than it does about me. You know what I mean? It says more about them than it does about me. So I shouldn't have let that affect me at all. But I did because I give a fuck what that person thought because they're a close person to me. And unfortunately, sometimes it's the ones close to you that will hurt you with that. Yeah.”
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“I realized during that week that towards the end, like, well, that's subjective. If they don't think I deserve it, that's their own opinion. That's subjective. That's what they believe. I don't have to believe that. And like you said, that imposter syndrome thing started to creep in. I was like, maybe they don't think I deserve it. But one thing no one can ever take away from me is that I earned it. Every fucking thing I have, I earned it. And I earned this fucking whip and I have a right to drive this thing and flex. And once I got over that hurdle in my head, boom, I was in that bitch and I was whipping it around. But yeah, like that imposter syndrome thing crept in when I heard that from, and it was through the grapevine as well. But man, it was from so on. I really like, I was like, man, why would he say that? People learn. This is over. It's a long time ago. This is Whittaker fight.”
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“I let those words from that person I give a fuck about seep into me and then it sat with me and then I just felt like, oh yeah, I don't deserve it, you know, other people work harder than me at the gym. This and that, rada, rada. But it took, like I said, about a week over that week, because I mean, it was a fucking sick car. I literally didn't drive before a week and got to the point.”
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“Just to like flex and just show off or whatever, but not pocket in the back of the gym where only like seven people saw it and the seven people that I really give a fuck about. And I wanted them to see like, look at this shit. Like, fuck, if I can do this, imagine what you can do. So when I heard that, I didn't drive it for a week. I just felt shit driving it. I remember driving at home and I just felt like shit. And I just pocked it in the garage and I just left it there for a week. I didn't drive it because I felt.”
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“So someone said something, you know, I must be nice. And I started to hear rumblings of, I know, it happens. For me, it was the same thing. I was just like, man, I didn't expect that from someone that I cared about to have that kind of rhetoric. Like, and then I heard, like, you know, maybe, you know, like other people did more deserving people. I know. Yeah. And they kind of just pissed me off Yeah, at the gym because they work harder than me and rah, rad, rad. And like I said, if I wanted to flex, I would have pocked it in the front of the gym. Look at my new whip.”
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“Doesn't mean we're teammates. So I parked it at the back of the gym. And then after my teammates finished working, I was like, yo, come check this out. And I showed them and I was like, like, fuck, look at this shit. Like, because they know how the work I put in, I work hard. But then I'm like, man, I'm not the best student in the gym. So imagine if I can do this, imagine what they can do. So I kind of just to share my joy. And then, you know. Unfortunately, especially in New Zealand, there's this tall puppy syndrome and is that green-eyed monster. And I've been that kid. So it's easy for me to recognize it on other people when you've had it with yourself.”
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“I think some of just the same thing trauma, childhood trauma, some of that stuff. I've dealt with it very well now to the point where it's like. There was times, I used an example when I think, I was speaking of Forbes not long ago, and we dived into this a little bit. So when I beat Rob Wright, I wanted my gifts to myself. I bought myself a McLaren 720S. The first day I got it, I remember I drove to the gym. This is that peak time at the gym, maybe 5.30 p.m. or whatever. And I didn't pocket at the front of the gym. I pocket at the back of the gym and I showed some of my teammates, like my close, close, actual teammates. Not the people that go to the gym. Because sometimes a lot of people like to be like, oh, I'm Israel's teammates. Like, no, you just go to the same gym as me.”
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“Old childhood trauma like a lot of everyone is. So you have to find a way to sit down and just access that with yourself through therapy is one of the best ways. And then you just work you. It's like reverse engineering. Like, where does that come from? Why am I like that? Why do I have that attitude? Why do I think like that And yeah, you and your therapist kind of work that back and realize where that comes from.”
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“Even before social media? No, no, before social media, this is when I was a kid, like in high school, people pleasing as in the sense of, you know. asks you to do something you might not want to do it but you'll do it just because you just sure you want to fit in That guy, you know, I guess he's one of the first 15 jocks who play rugby or whatever. He's just like, oh, you know, I'll do what he says just because you want to get that. It's almost like clout or social currency. Know what I mean? So, yeah, things like that. Yeah, it took me a long time. Like I said, to learn and realize those things. This is a lot of self-reflection, years of self-reflection and realizing, because a lot of people don't even realize they're running”
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“So, yeah, it took me a long time, but eventually I got to the point where I just don't. Really don't care what anyone else thinks apart from those who I give a fuck about. I care what they think what anyone else who is not really, I guess I don't have any emotional attachment to fuck them. by Bernie Mac said”
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“Out a lot. One Want to go deep? Definitely being a kid that moved from Nigeria to New Zealand, right? And trying to fit in. I ended up being a people pleaser as a kid. I didn't realize that because I'm trying to fit in. I'm trying to please everyone. And then you don't realize how that follows you into adult life. So there was times. And it's still once in a while you'd be surprised. It wears its ugly head, but I'm able to like identify that monster now. And I'm just like, right, I know what that is. Boom. And I kill it straight away. I've learned that over years though, but then that people please are still a part of me because it was a way of surviving. You know, I'll just make sure these guys are cool. Don't fuck with me. And I just kind of appeased them. Yeah, that's one thing definitely that was the result of just, I guess, trying to fit in. It's just people pleasing. And it's not the best way to live. It's not the best way to live because you can't make everyone happy. And someone's always going to find something wrong with what you're doing or how you're living or whatever.”
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“One of the ones is hit hard, hit first, to join us. Like this whole thing, I remember, oh, don't hit them first. If they touch you, then you, I'm like, nah, fuck all that because the first punch matters. The first punch matters. So if someone like, you know, is talking to me and pushing me around, pushing me around, smack them. They'll learn first, like firsthand, like, okay, don't fuck with that kid, even if you might win, at least he's not going to be like, make it not easy for them to fuck with you You know what I mean That's one thing I'm definitely going to teach my kids just make sure you're unfuckable with.”
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“Yeah, we wouldn't know for me it was just, yeah, as an adult now, I look at it, I'm just like, man, we didn't know what the fuck we were doing. Like, who let us outside? But it's all part of the learning experience I feel. It's all part of growing pains. Like I know when I have kids, I know exactly what I'm going to tell them, how to handle themselves, if you know what I mean.”
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“I'm a song I just throw an apple at you or, you know, something stupid, like a song I run up behind you in town downtrial you or trip you or just chase you try and beat you up for fun. And the kids are stupid. I was in a boy school as well. So, you know, it's all these boys I know. Like, just pent up emotions and unresolved trauma and don't know what to do with a newfound hormones. And it's just like Like little chimps. And yeah, see, that definitely. So it's like.”
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“And it would take longer, twice as long, three times as long, but at least I didn't have to just walk through and get fucked with, you know, on the way to the talk shop or something. Because I spent most of my time in the library during lunchtimes, I think in form three. Yeah, just because safe in the library.”
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“It wasn't because I was trying to fit in, but there were bits and pieces where I was just like, man, because everyone just wants to belong, you know, especially as kids, you know, you just want to be part of a tribe or fit in. But then, yeah, when it took me a while to realize that I wasn't meant to fit in, like guys like us, we're not meant to fit in. We're meant to stand out. So eventually I had to kind of stand. It took me a while to kind of learn how to stand 10 toes deep in my own light. But yeah, I was there at one point, you know, trying to fit in and trying to make sure almost. Like even during lunchtime, if I wanted to go to the talk shop I will take the long way. Like a rat or mouse, I would scurry along the edges of the school so I don't get fuck with.”
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“Was trying to be fit in. Like there was a point even I started to try and talk like the Kiwi kids. I tried to use the same slang. I still do, but just because I'm part of the culture. But I really try to fit in, fit in. And I don't want you to mean about relax. I was relaxing my hair because I thought it was cool.”
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“I literally was just like, Did I do something to this kid? I know his name even. I remember his name, not his last name, but still I was just like, what did I do to this kid to do something? And then that Monday, was it on a Monday or Tuesday the following week, he pulls up to me and says, what a black boy. And I was having a bad day already. And this is after lunchtime when it was about to end. And he pushed me. And I remember just wailing on them, just threw him to his K-block, beat his ass, threw his B-block, beat his ass. And I just, I was crying the whole time, just beating him up. And I was in a fighter back then, but I was just fed up and pissed off. Like, who the fuck is this kid? Like, first of all, you harassed me all weekend. And then at school, you're harassing me. Yeah, he never did that again after that. Yeah.”
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“I always said, I never realized I was black till I left Nigeria And it's not that I didn't know my skin tone. It's just like I never knew it was a problem. You know, I never knew people would, you know, I guess discriminate against me because of my skin tone. And it was weird for me. It was really weird for me to kind of like almost like another type of culture shock. The one I used was an example was this kid who kept on riding by my house in the weekend from school and would just like hurl insults at me at my house, in my house, in the weekend. He took time out of his fucking day on a Saturday and I go back to your country, black and knees, and then dripe by again and say, oh, you black this.”
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“Yeah, oh, yeah. But I was like, I was in 4-1. I remember we're doing two times table and I was assigned. I knew the song in my head finished. And I remember when I was like. And I'm the runt of our people. Trust me, like I'm not the smartest kid in the class back in Nigeria. So when that happened, I was just like, what's up with these kids? Like, this is easy. This is light work. I did form one actually three times. So I did it first time when I was 10 years old in Nigeria Bells Boarding School. And then when I moved to Ghana for about a year and a bit, I had to do about a year and a bit. I had to do Primary 6 and then form one again. And then when I moved to New Zealand, I had to do form one again. Then I skipped form two. And then went straight to form three. Because I just kept, they were like, oh, he's too young. In each country was like, oh, he's too young to be in form one. So, yeah. But I wasn't the most academically gifted kid. I'm smart, but I'm smart in different ways. Yeah.”
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“I think it was initially better recognized tertiary education because I mean when I'm in New Zealand sometimes I'll be talking to a cab driver and you find out that he was a medical doctor back in Sri Lanka or back in India and then moved over to NZ or the Western world for quote unquote better life and their qualifications aren't recognized in the Western world you know but they're a surgeon or something crazy back home so then they're forced to take these I guess menial jobs or Start up a new business. And yet they wanted us to have better recognized tertiary education. Yeah, worked out all right for me.”
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“I don't know. You just have a feeling, I don't know how to describe it, but it's just because people are watching that. He's like, fuck, especially those who don't like you and like, fucking hope this kind of gets dropped. I hope this guy gets knocked the fuck out. You know, he thinks he's the man walking out, dancing, all that shit. So, you know, people naturally just want to see you fail. They're like, this guy thinks he's that good. That was 57,127 people in attendance. And I put that pressure on myself like, watch this. And yeah, for me, there's something special about just overcoming that that just gives me that rush.”
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“He has to win now. Exactly. I love that. I like to gamble, but I like to gamble at the highest level. I like to gamble with the biggest stakes, you know, because I feel like whenever I get that win over that, and it just feels that much better. And I feel like.”
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“And Dana was like, uh-uh, no loud, nah, can't have it. This and that, rad, rada. So when it was 243, I was like, look, this is my show. I'm doing this entrance. I don't give a fuck what you think. And yeah, I made sure I did it and look how it turned out. It was iconic.”
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“And I'm like Yeah, the entrance for me, that was, I felt like that was my way of staying away from the fight in a way, because I know that night Robert was just like stewing over the fight. He was sleeping. No, not he wasn't sleeping. I'm sure he was just worried about the fight, thinking about the fight, just thinking about, but for me, I was literally, I fell asleep with my phone in my hand, watching my rehearsals for the entrance, like, this is going to look sick replay. Probably replayed it like 60 times the night before. And I fell asleep with my phone in my hand watching that just the rehearsals. So it was like, there was no paralysis over analysis. I was just like focused on how sick that was going to look. And it was fun for me. It was my way of authentically expressing myself with my roots and dancing and just being creative. So when it was time to show out, you know, I showed out, you know. And it was my show this time. Like, you know, when Robert and Kelvin Gaston's fight fell out the morning of the fight before two, three, four. That was a Melbourne, yeah, Rodlava, Melbourne as well. I want to do an interest.”
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“2013 was my Great Depression. I wasn't able to fight and then I just felt like I don't deserve it. This world, one thing I've seen will build you up and then tear you down. People naturally just want to see you fail. I had to take a hard look at myself and I put that pressure on myself like, watch this. I don't feel like I have anything to hide. I put things out there that I probably shouldn't sometimes, but that's my way of being vulnerable when I'm just like, this is me”
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“I know when it's all said and done, when I'm dead, my name will be remembered in history. Why does that matter? Guys like us, we're not meant to feed in. We're meant to stand out. But I've felt it. It's addicting. I need to do something that's going to just tame the beast. Not it's gonna seep in other ways. I wouldn't want it to in my life.”
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