Israel Adesanya (12-0) kan mycket väl vara UFCs nästa stora stjärna. Detta efter att han gjorde sitt namn känt under UFC-debuten på UFC 221 då han besegrade sin motståndare relativt enkelt och lämnade oktagonen efter en aningen bisarr intervju. I en intervju efter matchen berättar den före detta kickboxaren om hur han ser på kommande matcher i UFC.
I’ll fight anyone, anyone in the world. I’ve never really had my fights cherry-picked. A lot of these guys will get into the UFC or even combat sports, like boxing or kickboxing, they get their fights cherry-picked. Not me. All my fights were fighting the best people from different parts of the planet. Now I’m in the UFC, people are like, ‘Feed him some cans first or get him a top 10.’ I don’t really care. Either one is a fight for me. Whomever I fight, my paycheck is still the same. And I’m getting bonuses in all the rest of my fights.
Adesanya pratade även lite om hur han tror att övriga mellanviktare i UFC ser på honom.
No one’s really calling me out or saying anything yet. I know these boys, they’re just treating me like the Dark Lord – he who shall not be named. They feel like if they say my name, they might get the power. Or maybe they’re scared. I don’t really care. All I know is I’m working. If you want to beat me, you better do it yesterday, because every f*cking day, I’m getting better. I’ve been there for a long time, you guys are just late to the party.
Adesanya besegrade Rob Wilkinson (11-2) via knockout i andra ronden under UFC 221.
