“Israel learns by doing, by feeling the movement, which is part of the reason he picks it up so quickly. He has found Adesanya’s learning style is different from most. He is the kid in the gym that you show something one day and he will be catching you with your own technique over and over again the very next day.īareman, like all great trainers, know what works with his students. I have coached him through several fights. The Stylebender’s quest to master all the elements of MMA is bolstered by his remarkable learning capability I felt the edge when I met him in Glendale, he knew it and I knew it." “Tavares is a book I've read many times.His rhythm and his skill set are familiar to me. As Charles Darwin put it, it is not the strongest or smartest that survives it is one that adapts, learns, and evolves. It’s also about enduring the pain and embracing it so you can execute on days when you can’t find a groove or when your opponent forces you out of it.”Īnother key distinguishing characteristic is Adesanya’s rate of learning. “You’re imprinting muscle memory so you can perform without thinking. It’s a punishing grind, pushing through three and sometimes four work outs a day, six days a week, but something Adesanya understands he must do. “I have two or three Israel’s walk through the gym door’s each year, but very few have the ethic and commitment to become the very best in the world,” Bareman says. It's all downhill from there for them,” he says.Īthletic gifts are the foundation but, as Adesanya’s phlegmatic coach, Eugene Bareman notes, it’s only a starting point. They start thinking they can’t catch me and they keep getting hit. “When people face me they hit air, they miss, so that takes their confidence down. He doesn’t possess the explosive power of Tyson or Tua, but his ability to make people miss and counter with rapier quick accuracy is a soul-sucking torment for most opponents who are left floundering, buffeted and brutalised for as long as their resistance endures. In Adesanya’s case, speed, agility, footwork, athleticism and preternatural reflexes distinguish him from most other competitors. But it undoubtedly starts with superior physical gifts. Tiger Woods had it and, it certainly seems, Israel Adesanya has this elusive X factor.ĭefining the formula that makes up X factor isn’t easy. It’s a rare gift to make the difficult look easy at an elite level.
Numbers aside, Adesanya’s performances in the ring and cage are characterised by a technical artistry and ease of execution very few are capable of.
Glory beckons soul calibur vi professional#
Numbers like that are almost unheard of in professional combat sports outside of Thailand. That’s 51 fights in a little over five years, averaging a professional fight about every five weeks. It’s even more impressive when you consider that, over the same period, Adesanya fought 38 kickboxing and boxing bouts. The remaining three, all against current or former Glory champions, were dubious decisions at best.Īlthough only recently elevated to the UFC roster, Adesanya has racked up a 13-0 record with 12 KOs since his MMA debut in 2012 - a remarkable strike rate in a sport where losses are common and a five-fight win streak in considered a tear. Of his five defeats, only those against Filip Verlindin in his Glory debut, and his second bout with current the champion, Alex Pereira, should be deemed true losses. He’s amassed kickboxing record of 52 wins from 57 fights. The elite kick boxer, who was ranked as high as third in the world (and should have won the Glory middleweight crown were it not for atrocious judging when he fought for the title in 2017), is perhaps the best striker on the UFC roster. I’ve researched the science and it’s the synergy of five particular chemicals in the brain, firing in unison.” “It sounds weird, but it’s almost a meditative state. I hit this mode where I feel this guy can’t touch me, like I have unlocked cheat mode in a video game, I just toy with them.
Israel Adesanya calls it god mode, a term from video gaming where a player has an array of unbeatable moves, cannot die and is essentially invincible.Īs he prepares for his first assault on the UFC top 10 in just his third fight for the promotion, the 28-year-old Kiwi by way of Nigeria has gathered a reputation for making elite fighters look ordinary as he dispatches them with ethereal ease. In athletic terms, it’s known as being in the zone. Israel Adesanya will break into the UFC's top ten if he beats Brad Tavares in Las Vegas on Saturday night (Sunday NZT). Newsroom combat sports analyst Mike Angove - a member of Adesanya's fight camp and former flatmate - senses greatness approaching. Sportsroom Adesanya enters ‘God Mode’ as UFC ranking beckons
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