WATCH: Viral footage shows Israel Adesanya crying in pain after tearing MCL 13 days before UFC 287
Finally, Israel Adesanya revealed the clip where he showed that he got injured during the training session for the preparation of UFC 287.
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Israel Adesanya regained his throne after a stunning knockout victory over Alex Pereira. The fight at UFC 287 had already gotten prior hype as Israel’s rival was 3-0 up against him. But there was some hidden fact behind this bout, which Izzy revealed on his channel.
Nigerian-born New Zealander Israel Adesanya shocked the world with his right-hand bombs and hammer fist in the second round of April 9’s main event. Alex Pereira is still 3-1 in this rivalry, but the last fight gave the Last Stylebender the relief he never felt. But not to gain sympathy, Israel didn’t show the whole training video.
Just some days ago, Middleweight Champ got injured during his practice session when he tore the medial collateral ligament (MCL) of his knee (right). As a sparring session goes bad, Izzy can be seen having a lot of pain. And as the raw footage got released, it still gave chills to the fans as to how he was able to get victory over his nightmare, Alex Pereira. As he was in pain, Israel released the video with his voiceover to explain what was happening.
Israel Adesaya was yelling in pain and he told his mindset “I remember the feeling as well, it felt hot. It felt hot, like a burning feeling. But this it just mental toughness, mental toughness and adrenaline… We’re fighters man, don’t worry, I’ve been through worse. I’ve been through some sh*t.” As he praises other fighters that there worst phase then these injuries in a fighter’s career.
Israel Adesanya reveals this is not the only time when he got in trouble
The speech Israel Adesanya gave after the victory on UFC 287 was mixed with emotions.
“I hope all of you can feel how f—ing happy I am just once in your life,” As Adesanya compared the joy with other’s same type of situation.“But guess what? You will never feel this level of happiness if you don’t go for something in your own life. When they knock you down, when they try and shit on you, when they talk shit about you and they try and put their foot on your neck, if you stay down, you will never get that resolve. Fortify your mind and feel this level of happiness one time in your life. I’m blessed to be able to feel this shit again and again and again and again and again.”
To justify the above words, Adesanya released the footage. This yelling Adesanya footage gave the idea that injury was one of the hurdles that he ignored and passed through to fight against his biggest rival.
In the full video, he also revealed that he is planning a fight against Dricus Du Plessis. Dricus made a personal comment on his nationality. Israel gave a statement as a warning to Dricus that he asked the UFC to make this bout.
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