Middleweight king Israel Adesanya answered questions from UFC’s McKenzie Pavacich following his main event rematch victory …
Mackenzie pops is here with the middleweight champion of the world Israel adesanya Izzy that had to very well you know you say it all the time we just we we have to pay attention when people speak uh that that felt really good and they say it doesn’t feel as good as your first time but I’m telling you the second time is even sweeter and you get to feel it again and spoke a lot this week though about having a chip on your shoulder so I’m really curious to know how long does that chip stay on the shoulder um I know who I am I can bring it and take it over when I need to and I use that I drive I drive force from that when I need to but this this fight camp this fight I had to I felt like like I said they forgot they forgot what I’ve done in this game what I’ve done for this game and just because you’ve been down and out by the same person doesn’t mean that said I’m gonna stay down I watch too much anime I’ve seen too many flashbacks and Anime to just like oh no I’m gonna stay down you get back up again and you try till you get it done personification of a Shonen anime let’s be real here see very low key walkout very much so like business business trip for you how good does it feel though to return to New Zealand with this little something something from Jet Li Unleashed and I told you when um let me say two seconds beautiful interaction there just now with the former Champion Alex padeta when it comes to this Saga uh feels like it’s never ending but is this close we’ve closed it it’s done I’m done with this I I I don’t want to fight the same guy three times in a row because I probably have less than 20 fights in this game like I’m 33 I can probably go on for as long as I want to but less than 20 fights I think I have in this game if I’m being on honest so I just want to fight new new faces and taking new heads you know that’s what I want to do in this game last one a topic we’ve talked about a couple of times now when it comes to your legacy this moment and all of the things that led to this moment how does that help Define your legacy it just shows like I said right after the fight the human Spirit the power of the human mind and the fighting Spirit like I said at the press conference I wanted to show my fighting spirit and I meant that in every sense of the word and I felt like I did just that tonight and honestly believing yourself no matter how many times you get knocked down always get back up always get back up and fight for what you want no better way to end this than to end with a quote that you said this week that has really stuck with me and it’s that you don’t keep score you just settle them and now it’s settled I need one it’s one and done