Israel Adesanya on Mushrooms, Partying with Drake, and doing Stand-up Comedy

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh

Comedy

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 202 minutes

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Summary

Whats up people, we got THE CHAMP in the building Israel "Stylebender" Adesanya. We talk about what its like partying with Drake at the OVO mansion, why he wants to drop a rap album/ try stand up comedy, his saga with Alex Pereira, fighting Logan Paul and MORE. This is a legendary episode. ENJOY. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Being happiest KOing Pereira 04:33 Israel’s perfect archery 07:30 Wanting to party with Izzy 12:18 Israel trolling Pereira’s son 14:10 Respect for Pereira + fight breakdown 22:14 Processing the public + Self-awareness 33:45 Akaash’s Special Filming: Houston! 34:20 Your authentic self + UFC mystery time 42:54 Pereira’s leg kick + will Izzy fight Alex again 47:51 Tyson Fury v Jon Jones + manhandling beefy men 53:36 Israel Speaks on Du Plessis + We’re all African 01:00:24 Diamond been around 01:06:11 Izzy’s view on Francis Ngannou + fighter pay 01:14:31 Fighters have a different aura + Revealing OVO Drake parties 01:18:44 Izzy is RAPPING 01:27:19 Alexx’s Blackness + Parents aren’t impressed 01:34:10 MARK RAPPING 01:39:27 Israel Does Stand Up 01:46:03 Life is beautiful + early Flagrant days + the Future 01:57:54 Akaash is WILD 02:05:02 Diamond weird striking helps 02:06:07 Karaoake and the afters was great + Alexx isn’t a snitch 02:08:48 Ash joins the pod + Get on your back and wet up 02:13:15 Izzy is a happy drinker + Static + King of the Ring 02:19:20 Craig Jones is hilarious 02:29:53 Izzy v Jon Jones 02:34:46 Memories from Puerto Rico 02:36:23 Jollof rice is NIGERIAN + GOAT 02:46:26 What is a performance enhancer? 02:48:40 Andrew’s smoke rings + how much has changed in 5 years 02:51:51 Izzy turning down Movies + you’ll miss me when I’m gone 02:56:22 Be respectful + interacting with the public 03:01:07 What’s next for Izzy? Understanding motivation 03:08:15 Tapping into Nigerian culture 03:12:24 Entering the flow state + cynicism is for the weak

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0:00.0	What's up everybody welcome to the flagrant and you know who we got in the
0:03.4	building is the champ the champ is here
0:11.2	Yeah, okay, listen, I've been waiting months to ask you this month's to ask you this you said
0:17.7	In the ring when you got the mic from Rogan, which is rare. I don't know how you got that mic from him shot to Joe
0:22.8	But Shows a Joe for giving it to you. I think he understood what that moment was for you
0:26.0	But also it could have gone so I imagine the falls one of these dudes and I grabbed the mic and I was just like
0:30.1	I don't know bleep this
0:36.3	And they don't like get him off get him off and Joe's like you would have gotten so many new
0:42.9	Like you know it could have gone either way so for him to give me the mic and the thing is so when
0:48.7	How how it happens is like when I'm in the shower? This is our voice the most honest place in the world
0:54.6	I was visualizing I visualized so I'll be visualizing in the shower too. Yeah, and I have two things though
0:59.6	Yeah, I mean so do I but you know for fighting when I do it's like I
1:03.9	Feel everything and I remember being so happy while I was visualizing
1:07.2	I was just like feeling so happy after the fight like when I visualize the win
1:11.3	I've introduced on the North care I've been to visualize the press conference post-fight pre-fight
1:16.2	Fight week it just goes it's like Tourette's I can't help it. I've just I'm used that it's that's not manifest
1:21.2	I use my imagination so when I was visualizing I just remember being so happy. I might have been in streams in that shower
1:26.8	But as I was visual I was so happy. I was like man. I just want everyone to feel how happy I am right now
1:32.9	Just once you said that that's all I wanted to say and everything else just came from player one
1:38.1	And I just like a vessel and I just like I feel like a rapper. I was literally just flowing and when I'm in that flow states
1:44.4	It just happens so you describe the feeling because you said it yeah and
1:48.3	It felt like you meant it didn't feel like it was prepared. It felt like in that moment. Yeah
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