Israel Adesanya - The Last Stylebender (Original Bored Film Documentary)

[Applause] [Music] the last style bender born in nigeria israel's family eventually found their way to new zealand in search of a more stable home good at dancing probably helps you fight hey footwork rhythm timing style bender started out as a dancer then eventually i found this movie called angbok and that was the movie with tony yeah after that it made muay thai i think mainstream yeah i was like man this is crazy the fighting was different the sport was an instant fit for the style tender in 2009 arasana began training at city kickboxing the chinese brought me over as a journeyman for their guys to beat up on because obviously they want to promote their guide uprooting himself and moving to china so they gave me a name you know for sure uh heilong that means a black dragon you did 81 fights in kickboxing i think i'll 75 and four with 29 knockouts it's like i love the cheat code in the game you just hit god mode the legend of the last style bender was about to be born i want king of the ring three times twice at cruiserweight and then heavyweight which is 100k [Applause] fighters do not make a lot of money until they're at the top level 28k fight kickboxing honed israel's most powerful mma tool is striking his 75 wins forged a unique style that was in the first hour that was a king in the ring heavyweight tournament so that was my second fight that night [Music] but it was the way he won his fights that made him a must-see attraction you decide to make the jump to mma my my striking style was never really suited for the generic kickboxing style so i always knew my style was better suited for mma and it's an mma debut for experienced kickboxer israel addisoinia against the veteran and james griffiths that say in your truly an international class kickboxer but it's a different world in the shark tank of mma and then the crowd is packed outta saying he's nervous there was a jumping knee he's on the top he's finishing griffith can he lock him up like you've seen my highlights i i can press forward unknocking people out with spectacular techniques two minutes into the first round and when i saw him walk out it was too intense i could smell this pheromones you know to start i can smell it off him i was like he's not he's not with it let's have a look what happens here but you are an elite striker on the feet you are a step ahead of everybody every fight starts standing on the feet he rattled off win after wind his opponent went to the ground immediately he goes voluntary to the ground again now we'll see what's going to happen so that plan is not going to work by the look of things for he goes again oh well he takes advantage of it this time does that lasagna yeah it didn't work the second time he thought he might be able to buy himself a little bit of time and growl says put a fork in me i'm all done and that's it we'll call it a day israel ah this one doesn't seem to be able to find it head kick taken mostly on the glove their kick from ezra pushing my kick over to the top that's it it's been called off [Music] well the style bend up the the ones who aren't clued up who haven't done their research they checked my resume they like oh he's let's grab from kickboxing he's just gonna be another guy yeah like a kickboxer who shows up in mma and he's gonna get taken down strangled whatnot it's interesting because israel fights differently as a mixed martial arts fighter than he did as a kickboxer in terms of his stance selection and he almost fights like he's in a karate movie sometimes building up an undefeated record of 11-0 two minutes into the first round oh and what an entertainer from the kickboxer i'm a giant fan of him oh my everything about him he could be a huge huge superstar globally oh he will be i think he's his strikes are so clean first of all his striking is some of the most intricate complex and creative striking i've ever seen he beats his opponents into submission quitting between rounds i think we got the future [Music] if you want to get at me get at me yesterday because every day i'm getting better every fight exponentially i'm getting better yeah so uh with my striking so i hurt this guy right i don't rush i chill you just if you have confidence that much confidence in your in your ability you take your time you aim and fire is getting better here we have it ladies and gentlemen five by five minute rounds do not blink how quickly can he snap those kicks out and each fight you can watch i progress he's got to diversify his punches here he's moving okay [Music] oh melvin's gonna move he's gotta move here big crashing right oh the knee belt should be able to after winning the afc middleweight title he made a bold promise let's realize i'm a world champion finally it's been a long time coming you know but uh within the next two or three years we're gonna turn this a into a new i promise watch me training wise just grappling getting my eggs it's the grappling aspect that i'm constantly getting better israel has to face multiple fighters one after another for 25 minutes it's gonna come down to who's got the biggest gas tank it's gonna be you israel is always in shape his training is highly focused on endurance are you always in training most times i just i stay in shape i stay in shape and for me it's about learning [Music] i remember i slid into dana white's dms in 2015 i told him i look we're ready he made his ufc debut so here is the nigerian-born new zealand-based israel honasanya it's pretty rare you see a guy make his ufc debut with this kind of hype a lot of eyes on him they expect great rings from him so here is israel otasanya trying to keep it going beautiful job with that defense [Applause] he stopped wilkinson in a dominant outing [Music] not sure how much more wilkinson can take got assania to the knee now back to the hands [Music] [Applause] the personnel and personal backstage and downwards and upwards i see you guys creeping on my instagram don't think i don't see you watching me and i've been watching you but then when you run up from you act like you don't know me well you know who i am now ufc president dana white in the building here tonight looking on as israel sonya makes his second ufc appearance i've only seen him get better i mean i remember the blueprint the day he came out and fought vittori okay great you can take him down and keep him there you can beat this guy and a lot of people really believe that nobody's really made him uncomfortable yet he's comfortable the whole time angles and fluid yeah just the way switches stances and sets you up and these traps and for the first time in stylebender's mma career a fight would go the distance for the winner by split decision israel the last style of the sun largely a coin flip leave it closed with adasanya as a small favorite his experience as a kickboxer made him the best striker in mma [Music] [Applause] and a pace he's not comfortable with high kick spinning kick precise shots that dealt extraordinary damage frustrating fighter to go against because of his movement on his feet he was in a class by himself by his following fight which is now against eric brunson not only did he not have to get up off the bottom he never once got taken down the tension between the two was real i mean before the fight he's talking all this you too skinny bro you too skinny bro mike what is this crossfit [Music] derrick brunson number six in the world taking on the ninth ranked israel where he kind of does a question mark kick with it wow move the way he ate a knee he got hurt got up i hit him with three uppercut and a two he fell down [Applause] look how he ducks under that punch pink he stopped him in the first round [Applause] that's what we're talking about ladies and gentlemen that's technique that's the last style bender folks the last style bender appears here to staff 15-0 he had fought four times in his first year with the ufc i thought by the time i get here anderson would have retired and he's still around and that's like me fighting my idol [Applause] hey how you doing next up a battle against his idol most of atasana's ufc competition has tried to take him down dom see there's that question mark kick that i was talking about in what many saw as the changing of the guard they were both striking wizards so it was fitting they basically ignored the fact that grappling existed staying on their feet putting on a show for the fans a little slobber just got knocked out body kick from silva lands under the right elbow of ottasanya couple left hands and silva just able to duck under that left hip [Applause] silva with the guard completely lowered silva was soundly defeated by the last style bender what and so much respect from one man to another but tonight belongs to those two men israel lasagna and they soon to be ufc hall of famer anderson silva [Applause] adesani has officially been selected the fighter of the year which i would not disagree with with the champion injured the interim title was up for grabs i'll be preparing for this guy for five months arasana would engage in one of the greatest title fights of all time shootouts man the kelvin gastelum style bender fight was a shootout [Applause] the style of fight for me i've ever watched it's not really about the records it's not really about the stock it's not about the belt it's just i just want to beat up the toughest guys [Applause] so some adversity now for kelvin it's one of the best fights of all time it has to be it has to be a battle of wills got some fight with a lot of pressure right now fourth round he caught me slipping with the head kick oh heading into the fifth round it was anyone's fighting i looked at him and i remember i called it diablo he was looking at me and he just had this like look and just swing in their hands and i said you're not going to beat me i'm prepared to die and i meant that man i swear to god on my life i meant that if i'm ready to die i'm ready to kill you have to be willing to give something up as well stylebender found deep reserves of greatness oh my goodness delivering a flawless round he secured the unanimous decision and was now a ufc world champion one of the greatest title fights you will see as israel sonia and kelvin gaslin go the 25-minute distance he would go on to win fighter of the year twice in a row in just 15 months wanganui's israel adasana has nailed it he's the world champ of a sensational brutal mix of boxing wrestling and martial arts now a showdown with the undisputed champ robert whittaker well israel's about as an interim tata while he waits for robert whitaker who's been out with illness to be well enough it was the biggest live gate in ufc history you know you saw me when i walked up i stomped the yard stop the yard dc i'm just not sure there is any point of comparison in all the professional sports than the intensity of a ufc championship in his biggest fight ever the last style bender delivered boom perfect timing smashing his way to a second round stoppage he was now the undisputed middleweight champion romero has a bully persona but in his fight with stylebender he refused to engage with the champ he was literally standing there at the beginning of the fight standing still izzy was trying to get him to engage and he didn't want to engage people that is a massive body kick easily making for a lackluster and routine win for israel after a contentious pre-fight lead-up i will be waiting for the sunnier skinny claw at the sonia obviously you're not a massive fan of polo costa's physique it seems but what he looks good he looks beefy and he looks like a swimsuit model doesn't the bad blood between costa and israel was visible to all but this guy on the lead up was just talking some [ __ ] man and like you seem to really not like yeah is there a reason you specifically worn a kotski shirt out today i'm feeling dark for this fight i'm feeling very unconscious but you know the fight fan in us chill looks at costume like yo where was the fight in you after all the talk that you brought to otasanya prior to this bout the kickboxing credentials and now 19-0 is mixed martial arts the way he handled the and he was a bully i don't like bullies the way he was coming at me i didn't like that and i felt like i had to become what i hate i became the bully costa was the number one contender and seen as a real threat his legs were trashed arasana again rose to the challenge stopping him by uh whatever that is at 20-0 the last style bender is the most exciting and promising fighter in the game today [Music] fastest man in the world baby i wasn't gonna break him up at night you bring up the video game boss analogy does that mean the ultimate gannon at the end of its guy called john jones um i wouldn't say ultimate but he's definitely a boss on the game that i want to play against nobody brings it home like joe it's nobody make it so [Music]

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Length: 23min 1sec (1381 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 21 2021