Luke Thomas Sits down with UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya ahead of his UFC 281 fight with Alex Pereira. How has his life changed over the past few years? How much is Izzy looking at their first two kickboxing matches? How has his style evolved since their kickboxing match? You don't want to miss this one!

(1:00) - UFC 281 Housing 

(4:30) - New Zealand

(11:30) - Alex Pereira 

(17:00) - Israel's Fighting Style

(20:00) - Mental Health Work

(22:20) - Alex Pereira's Trash Talk

(26:35) - Alex Pereira's Gas Tank 

(30:15) - Middleweight Division Catching up?

(31:50) - Injuries 

(33:40) - Who is Izzy Fighting for? 

(35:50) - Rest of Middleweight Division

(39:15) - MMA Community

(42:50) - Izzy's Youtube Channel 

(44:30) - MMA Media

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