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MMA Fighting

Israel Adesanya Talks Escalating Feud with Jon Jones, GSP's Comments About Him and His Future at Light Heavyweight

MMA Fighting

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Sports, Sports News

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya discusses his recent victory over Paulo Costa, the ongoing war of words with Jon Jones and when he believes that fight will happen and his eventual plans to move to light heavyweight to become 'champ-champ' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Fox Media Podcast Network.

0:04.0

Fresh off a dominant victory of Apollo Costa and the UFC 253 main event, I am happy to welcome

0:11.0

in today the reigning defending UFC middleweight champion of the world Israel

0:16.9

Adisanya.

0:17.9

Hey Damon, how are you?

0:19.2

I am good, I'm good.

0:20.4

Thank you so much for taking the time to Chavny, man.

0:22.4

I really appreciate it.

0:23.9

No worries, light work. How is everything in quarantine?

0:29.1

Easy. I just finished training with my boys and yeah, it living the life man living the life.

0:34.3

Absolutely man well I appreciate you doing this again congratulations of course on an amazing

0:39.0

victory I know it's been over a week now but you know you've had a chance to go back and rewatch it.

0:44.0

I know fighters are always their own worst critics, so I'll ask you, how did you grade your performance?

0:48.0

Ooh, that's a good question.

0:51.0

I will give myself honestly and

0:55.7

A plus. I'll give myself for a plus. I don't want to say plus plus.

0:59.0

But I give myself a plus just because I don't want to be too hard on myself because I am my own worst

1:04.7

credit I've watched it and I've seen I've seen if I was if I was fighting me

1:09.7

what I would have done different if I was if I was Costa because people kept on saying

1:13.4

all he should have stuck to his game plan. Costa just didn't do anything and

1:17.2

they're all trying to take the win away from me by saying it was him.

1:20.1

But I know that no matter what it wasn't him. It was me. I've frozen I told you it's different when you're in front of me

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