Israel Adesanya doesn’t care about Jon Jones comparisons

Israel Adesanya doesn’t care about Jon Jones comparisons | ESPN

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Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya speaks with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto about his impressive victory against Brad Tavaras at The Ultimate Fighter Finale. When asked about being compared to Jon Jones, Adesanya says “he’s just out here living” his best life. He describes his mellow celebration in his hotel room, but may “live like the Romans do” in Las Vegas after his teammate Dan Hooker won at UFC 226.
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@vitoshakur7479 5 жыл бұрын

People hate confidence

@timkruse9912 5 жыл бұрын

facts

@vitoshakur7479 5 жыл бұрын

Junder R again people hate confidence

@vitoshakur7479 5 жыл бұрын

Junder R you got it dude 👌🏾

@BoiledMilkSteak7 5 жыл бұрын

Junder R people hate confidence

@kevinlewis8162 5 жыл бұрын

i like his confidence,it seems natural,being a bit cocky makes it more interesting and entertaining,i don't like mayweather's style of flashy self obsessed narcissistic arrogance that when they ask him a question about a certain fighter,he always has to make it about him self,or always mentions how much money he makes,i don't think anyone would enjoy hanging out with him if he didn't have any money....

@DD3UCES 5 жыл бұрын

“Belt looks good on black skin, that’s about it” 😂🔥

@jsheriff396 5 жыл бұрын

What really?

@masonarmand8988 5 жыл бұрын

yeah if you look at his fights you'll see the one im talking about

@AkamapD 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine if a white guy said that

@missionpupa 5 жыл бұрын

@@AkamapD if a white guy said that, it wouldnt make any sense. Smh.

@AkamapD 5 жыл бұрын

reiwell del Lol explain?

@TriviaandotherThings 5 жыл бұрын

The typical UFC fan is gonna hate this guy but he’s just made a fan out of me. Can’t wait to see his next fight

@shoaibnaqvi5264 5 жыл бұрын

Typical UFC fans are loser keyboard warriors that have a mental breakdown when they see someone who is actually confident.

@user-gc8we1ht7f 5 жыл бұрын

Yea I love this guy a lot he’s really fucking good with his kick boxing and has a great personality

@youngfyah 5 жыл бұрын

The skill level is ridiculously. Nobody in division has his foot work.

@andymontanez56 5 жыл бұрын

The typical ufc fan is a mcgregor fan so I'm they like this dude

@wapoj4220 5 жыл бұрын

Andy Montanez nah

@thatt-shirtguy9669 5 жыл бұрын

The fact that he outclassed Brad Tavares who is NO SLOUCH just earned my respect even more. This dude is deadly and the haters will think he's the next Conor McGregor hoping he fights a "strong wrestler", but make no mistake. This guy is confident in his abilities and when he says he'll take out anyone in the division that is genuine belief.

@michaelanvari7890 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah but once Brad got dropped by Whittaker in 44 seconds, he was irrelevant.

@haitian32able 5 жыл бұрын

He's good and backs it up. Until someone proves it otherwise, he's good lol.

@jah12wi 5 жыл бұрын

edward theophile I mean he’s been KOed & beat 5 times in Kickboxing and his last fight was a split decision win many ppl thought he lost against a low level Italian fighter Marvin Vettori who’s already got a bumch of losses so he got pretty humbled in his last outing. Still an awesome exciting fighter but he will struggle against high level grapplers much like Michael Page

@carlDJS 5 жыл бұрын

"Many" people thought he lost? He very clearly won that fight and maybe lost most of the second round lol. That's crazy

@jah12wi 5 жыл бұрын

carlDJS 2nd round was super close couldve went either way but he for sure lost the 3rd

@user-gc8we1ht7f 5 жыл бұрын

MVP is good but I honestly think Israel could beat mvp and mvp and Irael have been grappling for the same ammount of time

@MTT-ic3ci 5 жыл бұрын

Muhammed ali took some Ls, still the best boxer to ever breath. The beauty of a loss is the opportunity to define yourself as a man, how you react when your down. But what do i know im just a no body behind a youtube acc haha.peace and love always.

@sinderkaur1842 5 жыл бұрын

Dead honest & absolutely right about everything he says!

@lrdmiddlefinger 5 жыл бұрын

the boys from nz doing big things!

@thesupernaturals1070 5 жыл бұрын

southsidesnipers he's Nigerian..

@joshuacampbell420 5 жыл бұрын

he was born in Nigeria but raised in New Zealand, he represents both countries

@str8toko970 5 жыл бұрын

If he was raised in nigeria he would never be here in the ufc he’d probably be starving and homeless. He reps NZ because he knows that so gtfoh with that noise.

@joshuacampbell420 5 жыл бұрын

Ant Nam he left Nigeria at 11, he’s spent more time in NZ than he has in Nigeria

@joshuacampbell420 5 жыл бұрын

Ant Nam I did say he represents both countries, or can you not read? If it wasn’t for our country he wouldn’t be where he is, it’s our training that made him the athlete he is, come back to me when Nigeria can match us in Olympic medals, world championships etc

@alphatrusbensiii8381 5 жыл бұрын

Israel is the best striker in the division but I hope his ground game catches up before he face the top 5 guys

@Carlito_Brigante 5 жыл бұрын

Trey Bens he's lucky there aren't many high level grapplers in his division. Even the ones that are indeed very high level, like Romero or Jacare, they still prefer to strike. Israel is definitely improving his ground game and I believe he's gonna go far in this division.

@KD-vq2wt 5 жыл бұрын

Jacare doesn't prefer to strike, he tries to get it to the ground everyfight. Also you've got high level grapples such as Luke and Weidman.

@MegaJolaus 5 жыл бұрын

Rockhold is done at 185.

@oOAlexIsEpicOo 5 жыл бұрын

I agree. I think izzy would probably be Whittakers toughest match up atm (except Yoel obviously haha). Whittakers striking, iq and wrestling beats everyone else imo

@vicepd 5 жыл бұрын

Trey Bens it was top 10 now it’s top 5, pls forget that ranking stuff in relation to Israel. The only real opponent for him is Whittaker. The rest of that division are stats padders for him tbh!

@simonmartindefremont7298 3 жыл бұрын

If you're looking for the video Stylebender talked about in the interview of SportsCenter on August the 21st, you're in the right place. The moment with Costa starts at 2:55 !

@tanjinaafrin2937 3 жыл бұрын

I m here for it too.

@payneicecold3000 5 жыл бұрын

People confuse confidence with arrogance all the time. This dude knows he is a bad ass but he also knows he can get better.

@MTT-ic3ci 5 жыл бұрын

Raised fighting big polynesians in new zealand...he could knock out anyone in the ufc.

@MTT-ic3ci 5 жыл бұрын

Wucci Mane apologies he was! Ill fix it

@poplarbar5059 5 жыл бұрын

Except Brad tavares and marvin vettori

@MTT-ic3ci 5 жыл бұрын

Charles brown agreed my dude. they are a warrior breed. Not to mention Naturally atheletic.

@MTT-ic3ci 5 жыл бұрын

Skylar Hakim agreed tbh, just saying he (israel) is physically blessed, honed in the streets of new zeland, i feel like he is made for this.

@chadtep7571 5 жыл бұрын

Auto blipper he has beat the shit out of you until you're holding your head down before and while the decision is announced power. He's a confidence crasher. A career ending type of fighter.

@Ish4MyIggans 5 жыл бұрын

Black and Gold.

@Greedy22 5 жыл бұрын

Nathan M. LAZER yup💯

@chowderman43 5 жыл бұрын

Black man is king

@justmarcus1399 5 жыл бұрын

Savage belt look good on Black Skin.

@uglynose__2k60 5 жыл бұрын

Just Marcus that was stupid

@DrGanja99 5 жыл бұрын

Ugly-nOse__2k Let that salt run deep

@mybrotha8144 5 жыл бұрын

@@DrGanja99 lol

@joeycoco3261 5 жыл бұрын

this guy will become the champ in both 185 and 205 division within the next 4 years. mark my words!

@bbjewell1981 5 жыл бұрын

I can see it!!!

@mattaravena2473 5 жыл бұрын

210 out of the cage

@greatestofalltime01 5 жыл бұрын

Jon Jones will smoke stylebender

@princenaseem6123 5 жыл бұрын

Another black hype just like lee and francis

@SchooledSavage692 5 жыл бұрын

185 but I doubt 205, Izzy is a hungry lion but the GOAT resides at 205.

@3four4door59 5 жыл бұрын

love the danger tribute at the post interveiw

@danakinita9222 5 жыл бұрын

"I'm a velociraptor" haha

@jaxta86 5 жыл бұрын

Plus some

@greatstate58 5 жыл бұрын

damn i want the paulo fight bad but i dont want either star killed off just yet.

@rbrinks5 5 жыл бұрын

Feel the same way. Let the hype build a bit

@Trpmanne 5 жыл бұрын

Dana implied they are both going there separate ways to the top

@voiceofreason9780 5 жыл бұрын

Well it's only a matter of time before Costa screws up his dosage schedule and USADA kills him off.

@benz431 5 жыл бұрын

john doe finally someone gets it. UFC killing off superstars is what they do best, but hey that’s what makes the UFC the most dominant Organization in the world, the best fight the best, IMO the middleweight division is the best division in the UFC number one, and Darren Till possibly moving up makes the division even better

@energygod2410 3 жыл бұрын

Now you get the fight 😉

@dhsu04 5 жыл бұрын

2017 Israel was ranked #6 in kickboxing. He fought in Glory against world class Muay Thai champions. Undefeated in MMA, he's legit AF. He's also undefeated in boxing.

@mlgpubeboyx9848 5 жыл бұрын

Chia-Chun Hsu he lost his first boxing match and he is undefeated in mma like u said but still u a dumbass

@impekk4ble 5 жыл бұрын

He can’t be compared to Jon Jones, because The Stylebender’s striking is world class Muay Thai. It doesn’t get any better than that folks. He fought at the highest level of kickboxing and only lost four times. I’m not saying Jon is not a high level striker by any means. It just two totally different fighting styles. It’s kind of like comparing Kobe to LeBron. It’s hard because they play different positions.

@impekk4ble 5 жыл бұрын

Jay Shaw Agree finally a person that understands. 🤜🏼🤛🏼

@johnboylan3832 5 жыл бұрын

He doesn't do Muay Thai, he does K1 style kickboxing. There is a quite a big difference.

@johnboylan3832 5 жыл бұрын

Charles Brown Does doing it 'early in his career' equate to having 'world class' Muay Thai? He quite clearly doesn't fight in a Muay Thai style.

@kabukicho3009 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Pek Jones is only word class in striking by mma standards in actual muay thai and kickboxing he would be subpar

@imperialkingdom4821 5 жыл бұрын

And they robbed him clean in some of those fights..Robbery like i've never seen...

@christianray1496 5 жыл бұрын

Lol yo Adesanya I watched you before UFC they think you a rookie LMFAO😂😂😂 he a young legend already

@mustaphaolawale6397 5 жыл бұрын

I love this guy....... Bro you are too much..... Bigger you bro. Keep winning

@tassospappas8915 5 жыл бұрын

Next ufc super star

@headstashmusic3897 5 жыл бұрын

such a humble guy...

@theyellowboy98 5 жыл бұрын

He's about to be champion

@unknownhrg8097 3 жыл бұрын

I see no lies...

@theyellowboy98 3 жыл бұрын

@@unknownhrg8097 no cap

@flacko426 3 жыл бұрын

Mystic mac

@theyellowboy98 3 жыл бұрын

@@flacko426 not a doubt in my mind . izzzy a legend

@wjellis504 5 жыл бұрын

Dude talks the talk and walks the walk for sure..i love him

@kainefernandez298 5 жыл бұрын

I been watching this guy since his 1st fight in UFC and he's my new favriot fighter

@toutaipalu9116 5 жыл бұрын

one of the few guys I respect out of ckb doesn't bother or sweat the small stuff like some small minds in that gym, every gym has classy people and every gym like addesanya

@djthevj 5 жыл бұрын

Brett Okamoto great interview man

@midofmidlife 5 жыл бұрын

Just heard about this guy. Love the energy.

@kellyokamoto1604 5 жыл бұрын

He's rather self-indulgent. I'd like to see him vs Bones @ LHW. That would be interesting.

@FunchalAveiro 5 жыл бұрын

I can't wait to see him next. And the scary thing is, he is improving alot after every fight. I'm hoping Till moves up to 185. I think we will Till vs Adesanya in 2019? Let's hope.

@liamlaidlerlaidler5638 5 жыл бұрын

He has the perfect mindset dedication and talent to be the goat in years to come he’s already good enough for the top 5 if not better in his first three ufc fights

@kofiasiedu2746 5 жыл бұрын

People hate confidence, then they will call you arrogant

@rolo2sexy820 5 жыл бұрын

Adesanya + Costa = fireworks baybay 🎆🎆

@keet3986 5 жыл бұрын

I'll b keep in an eye out for his next fight

@hermanavila6468 4 жыл бұрын

Came back to say, UFC Middle Weight Champion.

@crazymonk3y1298 5 жыл бұрын

Love this dude loved watching him for the first time

@versesquared4945 5 жыл бұрын

Issy can wrestle really well, let that sink in and add it to his superior striking and mind games.

@husonuso 5 жыл бұрын

He’s respectful and skillful. I support this man.

@iFaFo_0 5 жыл бұрын

Damn... imma paulo costa fan and a stylebender fan.. hate when 2 guys I like fight.

@saintmarvellousmarvellous3805 5 жыл бұрын

Israel I have been waiting and praying for you immediately after ur fight with silver

@YudazOwn 5 жыл бұрын

Yup.. Got a new fan

@goodguyabin6607 5 жыл бұрын

i wud like STYLE to do off camp practice at AKA or ATT to become even more complete. Learn both take downs and take down defence. will they let him in THO? (luke rockhold's camp)

@darkmagician1710 5 жыл бұрын

I would honestly say that he's more like Michael Venom Page since both guys come from a kickboxing background and have a similar style. People forget that Jon Jones comes from a wrestling background but got into striking after he started training mma.

@sasastojan5306 5 жыл бұрын

Lets see what you can do with Rockhold Romero or Robert

@srinivaspillai4622 5 жыл бұрын

Speak intelligently and confidently, best wishes, God bless.

@loganwilliams8675 5 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see what kind of weapons he unleashes against Costa.

@MrRemixV3 3 жыл бұрын

Where's Paulo in this interview lol. Israel said he was 5ft away from him, and was scared to look.

@sjcobra84 5 жыл бұрын

Savage. Wouldn't mind seen Mr Adesanya and Mr Hooker amp up in weight class. Either light heavyweight, or heavyweight. They both have the height and builds for it.

@mmafyasco 5 жыл бұрын

I would love to see him fight Paulo Costa!

@Majed_ashraf 5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this new "Tony Ferguson is the type of guy" comments 😂😂😂😂

@cynthiabasterrechea3687 5 жыл бұрын

Next champ! Dude is a future star! Soo much Anderson Silva and Jon Jones in him. Two legends! So that's incredible. Love the confidence.

@freebones5064 5 жыл бұрын

You can tell he hates it when they keep bringing up the jon jones comparisons. Let him be

@4evertony1 5 жыл бұрын

He's a true "Style Bender". He's awesome.

@JuanRuiz-ji6ug 5 жыл бұрын

I like what he said about the belt tho... he’s got the right attitude.

@ricardokell5834 5 жыл бұрын

meanest kicks looks a threat for title confident mindset big plus..

@gibbledman 5 жыл бұрын

This guy is dangerous. I think he could be one of the next great champions in the ufc. Hope he gets his shot in the next 2 or 3 fights

@joemontano6956 5 жыл бұрын

This guy reminds me more of MVP then JBJ! Gr8 striking, but can he “GRAPPLE”!!!

@jawuan8521 5 жыл бұрын

He just made a fan outta me

@marcabramsky1736 5 жыл бұрын

Like his mentality. Not arrogant. Just confident. No drama. A man who knows he is talented and lets be honest. He is. No he is not JJ. JJ was a Greco Roman Expert. What they do the same is use their leverage. This fellow is incredibly fast. Yes he keeps his hands at his side like Roy Jones Jr. did. You remember how good he was. You can't hit hit what you can't catch or see. However the UFC favors a good ground game. You need all the tools like JJ, Mighty Mouse or Khabib to really shine. These are guys that make the very difficult look easy. I like IA and he should shine. The "greatest" is about time. We'll see.

@odmayvaldes8081 5 жыл бұрын

This guy is gold!

@bluecat6902 5 жыл бұрын

been a fan of him for a long time... and its still surprising for me that he went to ufc... i thought he was gonna fight in glory for a while then make an occasional appearance in bellator.

@justme3858 5 жыл бұрын

thats a good mindset

@greigsanderson 5 жыл бұрын

Refer to him as the cleaner or the aftershave guy in the bathroom shouting " No splash.......no gash " who are you?

@kestercrown6732 5 жыл бұрын

Venom vs stylebender needs to happen!!!

@oblizkin1481 5 жыл бұрын

*"im not a t rex, im a pterodactyl"* 😂

@shivendrasaxena7192 5 жыл бұрын

U guys are easily impressed.. I think.. 🔥 🔥

@peggypeggy8638 5 жыл бұрын

Respect kemit kel fierté good bles matondo kia nzambe israel

@unoob126 5 жыл бұрын

Like how Izzy said about Jon wanting him now rather then later ... same goes for him and Paula???

@realisrealite5554 5 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see John and him in the octagon.

@KINGRODP 5 жыл бұрын

John is too big. Its like Tyson vs. Roy Jones.

@The_Primary_Axiom 5 жыл бұрын

I would love to see him and jones fight. Two of the best surgeons.

@yvesmartin4788 5 жыл бұрын

"Belt looks good on black skin" My nigga! (Denzel Washington voice) lol.

@synthryder 5 жыл бұрын

If i were him i would see if gsp would help improve his ground game.

@conversingwithapoet6347 5 жыл бұрын

I love this guy!

@Woj3ga 5 жыл бұрын

It’s all good if you can walk the talk.

@locker-roomdwarf3549 3 жыл бұрын

GOD BLESS

@sufiislam5802 5 жыл бұрын

Love Israel man the things he says are awesome

@ferguskavanagh1170 5 жыл бұрын

Dude is the real deal. Charisma too

@aunttelly 5 жыл бұрын

He is young and will learn

@johnbach2380 5 жыл бұрын

I like this guy!

@hermanlee3986 5 жыл бұрын

I love this kid attitude 😁

@edvenuto9614 3 жыл бұрын

People jealous so they try to hate. They like people to fail.

@galloditerachina2092 5 жыл бұрын

You got my respect borother..israel he's name mean power

@marcostorres2329 5 жыл бұрын

I like his confidence. He doesn't do all that extra bullshit like the rest of the try hards trying to be like Conor. I honestly won't be able to pick a favorite if he ends up fighting Costa though. Both guys are good, Adesanya seems to have a higher fight IQ though.

@Wuisini 5 жыл бұрын

I hate when people compare up n comers with legends! Like “he’s the next Messi” “the next Ronaldo “ “the next Anderson Silva” .

@SuperRnine 5 жыл бұрын

Want to see him fight anybody form top 5. He better work on his take down defense. Only stand up fighter is Whittaker. I can't see anyone beating him after he beat Romero both times with an early injury.

@walterjones221 5 жыл бұрын

He gone take over

@jiggs4138 3 жыл бұрын

Who’s here after the Adesanya Costa Sportscenter interview

@josephdavis3932 5 жыл бұрын

“The belt looks good on black skin that’s it” 😂💯✊🏾🤣😅 That was amazing I’m sorry

@TheDiebitchdie 5 жыл бұрын

fire

@warnamir7434 4 жыл бұрын

Future champ

@wagnerp1213 5 жыл бұрын

I hope this dude can hold his own against Romero and Whitaker cause of John Jones absence he will be the new one. He doesn't give a damn about a belt? That's deep! Hold on to your legacy bro.

@the.shotgun.approach 5 жыл бұрын

"He's a T-Rex (Paul Acosta), I'm a Velociraptor,"...huh??

@Baker4life777 5 жыл бұрын

this guy has confidence and doesn't care about the belt

@justinorosas9927 5 жыл бұрын

Been a fan of Izzy since glory fights!

@93johnk 5 жыл бұрын

New Zealand?

@foamyone101 5 жыл бұрын

Yes?

@emekaadibe5553 5 жыл бұрын

John Kim, Nah, he's Nigerian (West African) but probably lived in New Zealand for a while. Adesanya is a very popular Nigerian name from a tribe called Yoruba. Here's a clip of israel Adesanya speaking the Yoruba language to his Nigerian fans at the end of his fight: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iN6Sg7yl3Z7ZgoU.html

@keving199825 5 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see what's next for this dude

@BillBui_ 5 жыл бұрын

Kickboxing, boxing and now MMA. Israel is beast in any sport

@williamingram5540 5 жыл бұрын

Floyd said the same thing about the "experts" he's said "how can you be an expert in something you've never done. You can't be a computer expert if you've never worked on computers."