Israel Adesanya
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About
MMA fighter who has competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He won the unified Middleweight UFC Championship in October 2019 after defeating Robert Whittaker.
Before Fame
He was enrolled in his elementary school's Taekwondo club as a kid.
Trivia
In September 2020, he reached #3 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings. He has over 8 million followers on his stylebender Instagram account.
Family Life
He is from Nigeria. He lived for a while in Ghana and when he was 10 years old, he moved to New Zealand with his family.
Associated With
He's defeated renowned UFC fighters such as Yoel Romero, Paulo Costa and Anderson Silva.
