Israel Adesanya: I have some 'tricks up my sleeve' for Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 | First Take
Israel Adesanya: I have some 'tricks up my sleeve' for Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 | First Take
Israel Adesanya joins First Take for an interview ahead of his UFC 259 fight vs. Jan Blachowicz.
0:00 Adesanya discusses the adjustments he is making to fight in light heavyweight.
1:12 Adesanya says he has the potential to be the face of the UFC.
2:52 Adesanya is very confident in his grappling skills.
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0:00 Adesanya discusses the adjustments he is making to fight in light heavyweight. 1:12 Adesanya says he has the potential to be the face of the UFC. 2:52 Adesanya is very confident in his grappling skills.
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@Yoda l
@@HD-fc4ds ahahahaha thats what i thought
Small octagon, 23 lbs (10kg) difference in weight. Do the math, there's nowhere to run and the Jujitsu will be unavailable. Izzy's first loss in the UFC
@@jon_s how much you willing to bet this doesn’t age well🤐😂😂
I haven’t even watched this video yet and I know Stephen A is gonna mention Mcgregor in it.
Did he?
He did, mentioned UFC205.
Hahahaha!!! Classic
It's been a while now. He just refuses to actually know the sport.
😂
Max: learning and growing his knowledge in MMA. Stephen A: Mcgregor
Or Khabib 😂.
Yes
even his basketball knowledge is casual. Every segment is "this brother is 7 foot and can pull up from 30"
I can’t stand Stephen A whenever he tries to talk to fighters
Look at the video I made of “UFC Fighters Being Sus for 3 minutes..” 😂😂
*Stephen A Smith is literally the representative for all MMA Casuals*
Wow when you put it like that he doesnt sound so bad lol
That’s quality
Please stfu with this. You probably dont even know the first UFC HW champ without looking it up casual. Atleast SAS tries to understand considering all the other sports he covers
@@TrayTrucking you’re the first person I’ve ever heard defend SAS
@@TrayTrucking Is this SAS’s YT account?
Stephen A Smith can’t go 5 minutes without talking about Conor McGregor
Conor MacGregory
He understands how algorithms work
2:28 - Stephen A Smith receiving text message 2:47 - Stephen A Smith reading his message and not even acknowledging the answer to the question he himself asked Great work Stephen 👌
Good eye
Izzy and Jan are both likable guys with polar opposites personalities may the best man win but most importably may they both make it back home healthy
Beautiful comment 💯
Like 👍 this
Izzy is an incredible talent, can be one of the best. Great fighter and showman. but this man is not likable lol. he is so cringey and corny, some of the things he says really make you double-take
@@Wakaflocka4president Also his gyno doesn't help... I was a fan of his until after the Gastelum fight..
Izzy isn't even the slightest bit likeable
2:02 Stephen A took this personally
Freaking hope so Is he that stupid?
@@markdavis8430 do you understand sarcasm
Yessir 😂😂
@@kandda do you?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
"I like that question max" 💀😂 saw this clip after the one where Izzy tells Stephen A to not bring up Jon Jones so that was hilarious
Where did izzy tell Sas that?
Max is so bad at basketball takes, but so good at talking about fighting, he really earns his check in these types of interviews where SAS looks like a casual.
They both are complete casuals
Sas got put in timeout
@@mmatakespodcast1idiot793 what did max say here, that is considered casual?
@@STEALTHIO911 Adesanya worst match up is a wrestler who is as good as grappling as adesanya is at striking. He’s not wrong.
Max was a boxer. He knows the fight game
Shocker Smith mentions McGregor in his first sentence 🤦🏼
You know who else mentions McGregor in their first sentence? ....MY MOM!!!!
@@mykesmyth2082 weirdo
Smith a fat casual
People cant get enough for conor mcgregor
@@dmgmav you know who else is a weirdo? .....MY MOM!!!!
In my opinion the best striker the mma world has ever seen
Good thing your opinion doesn’t mean anything
@@platinumbrick6 Israel is def top 3 and makes an argument for the best striker ever in the ufc
@@jbags4195 Adesanya is the best striker I don’t really even see an argument the only other guy you could argue is Wonderboy and he doesn’t even have half of the accomplishments Israel has
@@platinumbrick6 what a f*cking hater😂
He might be arguably, the best striker of his era, but there's no way he would out strike Silva in his prime. He's lucky he fought an over the hill Anderson or he would've got dropped easily.
Stephen A smith doesn’t even look like he wants to be there
He’s just tryna feed his family bro
@@misaelmendoza9725 Pretty sure he has made enough money in his working career to feed the next 5 generations.
probably cos in the first part of the interview israel shut him down when he asked about jon. jones
Look at the video I made of “UFC Fighters Being Sus for 3 minutes..” 😂😂
At least Max tries to study what he's talking about, SAS is just there to troll.
That was actually a great question
"I have tricks up my sleeve" *pulls out 9mm in round 5*
Lol
Murgliotta is gonna let him enter the cage without checking him
🤣🤣 keeps his robe on during the fight
@Roger Ramjet dunno about "needs" there, sir, but if one WAS to pull out a "gat" in a UFC fight, you are right, it might as well be in rnd 1 😉🤣
@Roger Ramjet nah the longer the fight goes on it goes in Israels favour. Despite the increased risk of Jan landing a heavy shot.
Knock knock Jan “Wut is this?” Opens door Shining glimmering bottle of wine on the floor.
We know how to drink in Poland:)
@Med Cannabeast you think it's sad? You think he thinks he's smart? Where do you get this from? It's a joke, with a nice callback to izzys last fight and given Costas recent comments, its also well timed. You sound very sad, I wish you the best as it can only get better
@Med Cannabeast I'm not defending him, just roasting you a bit. Don't be mad, be better
PAULO COSTA 'S WINE LEVELS :FULLY LOADED
First off Costa does not know how to spell whine correctly he didnt mean drinking wine he meant he was up crying all night for too long and didnt get sleep
So is his estrogen levels!
@@coolbreeze8572 very true but the same could be said for Israel adesanya who showed up to the coasta fight with gynecomastia
Ok already. Dayum!!!
@@coolbreeze8572 You mean Izzy has estro with his man tits?
The way Stephen looks at him lol
The closer the fight, the calmer he gets.
Been calm makes you to focus
Calm before the storm
Calm and making jokes. His footwork and quickness will toped with his striking will get him the win!
He lost bad
Stephen A was obviously hungover for this interview, he was up late drinking wine with Paulo last night🍷
He and Costa had too much proper twelve and Conor is happy making more money.
Say what you want about SAS, but Max knows what he’s talking about
His fight doesn’t have enough hype, it’s a banger! 🎇
Izzy acknowledging that he can still improve in striking as well as grappling is a testament that he is only gonna continue to get better
Izzy bein a fan of the game, shows respect/props to people who deserve this
I hope this fight wont be a short one.
If it's short it will be highlight reel short for a while. But yes, I hope it's a barn burner. This is one of those fights I feel is less about the fighters and more about it being a matchup the fans didnt know they wanted so bad.
Keep only Max for the Mma interviews please.. He's really good.
Izzy even if you lose I respect you so much for doing this! This is even better than Conor moving up 20 pounds because you’re fighting a guy that’s actually gonna be 20+ in the cage as well where Nate is skinny 170 so hats off this is a Gracie level challenge
You just said nothing but truth
@@goodlife3211 How tf is Nate a skinny 170, Jan fought in middleweight lol. Just as Nate fought in lightweight.
@@burekskremicem simple, Nate is one of the smallest welterweights and Jan is a pretty big light heavy, and the weight gap is bigger.
@@jabarihaymond7704 careful not to trigger the McGregor casuals.
Exactly people don’t realize Nate use to be a lightweight. Dudes not big at all, just lanky and tall
Calm, cool, collected... always shows great focus... the right type of focus to Win
Calm Guy Relaxed
i love how izzy doesn't underestimate no one and keeps winning lol
This card is on another level! Can't wait
Max you can tell is learning the sport because it’s what he does and I bet he’ll enjoy it.
He’s got this still gonna be tense watching as jan only needs 1
Just one and that makes me scared fr izzy
They said the same thing about Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa then look what happened. Big slow guys no match for Israel Adesanya
@@ericsmusic5927 good point, but that being said Jan isn't the same as Costa and Romero, but guy yes, knockout power yes but still hes different.
@@scottwall8419 lol costa weighs as much as Jan on a normal day..Romero too
@@scottwall8419 People said Costa wasn't the same as Yoel and look what happen, do you people ever get tired of pushing the same narratives?
Adesanya keeping us “abreast “ of the situation
T-rex arms😂 why you do Costa like that😂😂
Umm, Cause Costa was talking a bunch of trash and he has no reach!!
@@maattttt07 true😂
@@user-fd5gp4xv4z lol!
What does t rex arms mean?
@@brandonchan2120 Short arms( like a t-rex) Minimal reach in a fight
THIS IS FOR THE PUREST!!!!! LOUDER for the CASUALS in the back!!!
izzy has a 1 million iq when he fights
Jan IQ has few points over his IQ.
It's like toddlers asking a grown man about his job.
Exactly
Well they’re fight fans😂
Bro underrated comment
Why are yall trying to gatekeep mma from mainstream sports journalists? I really don't get this. And Max Kellerman knows a lot about boxing which is a huge component of striking, particularly Izzy's striking. So he actually asks some fairly pertinent questions.
@@transAmos654123 writing a comment on yt is trying to gatekeep mma from main stream sport journalists? Like....what? It's just a funny comment that has some truth because like you say they are SPORT journalists and not mma.
One day Stephen A Smith will remove the shackles of Conor Mcgregor
So so so exited😊😊 let's go izzy! We need some entertainment in lockdown in the uk 🇬🇧 lol 😆
That is so true what adesanya just said, Blachowicz has a lot longer wingspan than the previous fighter he fought I'm talking about Costa, so izzy said he has to fight him a little different or a lot different than Costa. 78 inches in wingspan for Blachowicz and 72 for Costa.
I don't care , I'm going with JAN the Legendary Polish Power
it’s not the real polish power it’s Legendary Polish Power
28-7 with 3 KOs, “Polish Power” 😂
@@Jidds things ain't the same no more..believe me bruh 😎
Me too, I feel like Izzy is in over his head on this one
@@saha5962 Yes 🙌 I correct that 👊
He doesn’t have to act the bollox to sell a fight. A very interesting and authentic lad 👍🏼
Kia Kaha Israel you know how we do always boxing above our weight 💪🇳🇬🇳🇿
You gonna needem champ!
Adesanya looks calm and confident! The Purple robe looks good! Let's have at it, I feel he will make 205 by Saturday
Lmao he'll make 205 today if he had to, dude isn't even gonna cut any weight probably
He won't make 200 😂 😂
He was even calmer at the pre fight press conference while Jan is staring into an empty space most of the time
Max asking the right questions, Stephen A asking the casual questions
On the bright side Izzy acknowledges Jans threats
Can’t wait until Saturday !!
Max with the heat 🔥 questions
Let's go Champ🏆🎉🥰 Team Adesanya🇳🇬🇳🇬❣
This fight is gonna be Lit!!
Two best mma analyst ever
One trick will put you asleep - Jan's power.
It’s funny watching these 2 interview UFC fighters. They just learned about the sport last year idk just funny asf to me
You could tell Max actually takes the time to learn about MMA. Dude can talk fighting that’s for sure.
Max- decent appropriate questions. Stpehen - “how much pressurre” A.
This fight is gonna be insane
Jan is so underestimated, he is the favourite it this fight in my opinion
David and Goliath 🔥
I was awaiting for Stephen A to chime in with that invaluable commentary.
Go jan!
You can see at 3:04 Stephen A ignoring Izzy and reading something else on his screen lol.
He said he will get range in first 20-30. If he gets KOd in that time, it will one of the greatest MMA memes of all time
With all we have, I don't think it would be that much but you definitely have a point.
So you spend your time just thinking about hate
@@simonboyane1140 What🤔🤣🥴
@@Synth2000 fair
@Faisal Khan did I say was 🤔🥴
Max may not get love from the fighters, but he gets love from allll the fighters.
Adesanya: I got some tricks up my sleeve. Stephen A: Conor McGregor is known for his tricks
Gold 😆💔
For kid from NZ to make it on this show is unreal. Let's go Izzy!
Like what leg kicks?
What an epic battle this will be ,💯Izzy wins ,And new. 🤫 just watch.
"It'll be a beautiful dance." *Cue Jan's wife*
Nice!
Let’s go!
Less !! Goo !! Izzy !! You got this bro 🔥🔥💯🌏💪💪🙌👊💥🏆🏆
I feel like this man is giving us hints abt his plan
OOHH ADESANYA WITH THE DOUBLE LEG!!! ADESANYA ROLLS BACK FOR A FOOT LOCK.
@Damion C ikr yeah no he might attempt a takedown though. Their camp works wrestling a lot.
@Damion C watching him in videos from San Diego, man was implementing a lot of limbs in ways I had not seen others use, especially his feet as a hook
David vs Galiath this fight is to believe
“I’m there... but not where I NEED to be” REAL SH*T 👏🔥✊
@Damion C amen brotha 👏
@Damion C faxxxx
Adesanya the only UFC fighter so far to come on this show with a good attitude.
The legendary Polish hour draws near
Go Izzy stay safe and stay healthy 💯✊🏼
telling izzy he has knockout power is the same thing as asking izzy to knock you out
2:49 he said David and Goliath As a Nigerian what he means. He loses the fight if he's mindset is defeated but wins if he rise above fear. All it takes is one shot to knock a man out not size. Give Israel the due respect. You will know why he's undefeated come UFC 259. It's going to be a test of stamina can Jan dance on his toes 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔. That's how we beat the big dues in Nigeria try not to get hit but be precise with your blows. Move a lot and wear him out.
Adesanya the oracle deal with jan, and let the world of ufc phantom .
My kidney was a balloon. You should see it. My circadian came out of the socket. -The Notorious Paulo Costa
And still Jan Blachowicz!!!
man Adesanya is really always focusing on the whole "muscle guy" vs "skinny guy"... it feels like he´s the only one who´s actually mentioning it
I'm a simple man, I see Stephen A and I rush to the comments
March madness dizzy draco iSS COMINGG FORJA
I wish I could be this confident taking my chemistry test
Jones and Costa will be having a jug of beer after watching this fight over and over again
He means he’s got some new steroids up his sleeve 😂
Keep an 👁 on his chest
He is gonna use his sharin-gan and new ninjutsu that he learned this time
For a second there I thought he was going to whip out a muscle
This kids not all shine, born n bred and knuckle fed!
THE LAST STYLEBENDER
Adesanya wore his mom's earrings against Costa now he is wearing her gown LOL
And still raw dogging grown men 🤣🤣🤣
These hindu-indians always trying to be funny smh...
LMAO your hate is visible
Izzy I love you, but don't call my boy Jan moronic. *Edit 1: Izzy said marauder not moronic. I'm glad these guys have a lot of respect for eachother.
Ehhh kolego, Izzy said „marauder” not „moronic” or any stuff like that
@@Typek177 Thanks for that man, I rewatched it and you're right he did say 'Marauder' not 'Moronic'. I'm going to edit my comment but I'll leave it up so that people know you can make mistakes and admit being wrong
@@Maksymetzmj Glad i could help :)
lol. What country are you from
@@ItsameAlex I'm from Earth, we are all one 🙏
“This fight is for the purist” Stephen A Smith that’s your cue, get out of here with you casual opinion
I want the guy in the background to scare Izzy live bro
Max Kellermen being the vessel for normies understanding and digesting MMA is truly what the fight world needs right now.
Izzy on first take. So cool and awesome.
Izzy is well spoken person