JRE MMA Show #82 with Israel Adesanya

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   Three, two... Ladies and…

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

      Three, two... Ladies and gentlemen, the champ is here.

   2. IAIsrael Adesanya0:04

      My man.

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:04

      Salud.

   4. IAIsrael Adesanya0:05

      Salud.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:05

      Last time-

   6. IAIsrael Adesanya0:06

      L'chaim.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:06

      L'chaim.

   8. IAIsrael Adesanya0:07

      (laughs)

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:07

      Mm. (glasses clink) Last time you were here, you were neither the interim nor the undisputed. Now you got it all.

   10. IAIsrael Adesanya0:14

       I'm the double interim champ.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:15

       You got it. Why, why say dou- you, you keep saying that, "double interim."

   12. IAIsrael Adesanya0:18

       Double interim. I don't know, 'cause when I w-

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:20

       Robert Whittaker's the champ.

   14. IAIsrael Adesanya0:21

       Yeah. He was.

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:22

       You knocked him out.

   16. IAIsrael Adesanya0:23

       He was the champ.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:23

       You're the champ.

   18. IAIsrael Adesanya0:24

       'Cause when I was the, you know, I f- even my last fight, I feel like it's my first title defense, to be honest, 'cause I was waiting for something to change. I was waiting for that feeling that I had in Atlanta, but it never came. And within three days I was like, I felt like I just defended the belt, 'cause technically I was the champ as well. I was the champ, and if he had beat me, he would've got one of those rubies you put on this. So, I'm looking for my ruby as well, 'cause-

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:44

       They get a ruby?

   20. IAIsrael Adesanya0:45

       Yeah. Like, that's the thing. You don't get... You know how you used to get a new belt?

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:47

       Yeah.

   22. IAIsrael Adesanya0:48

       Yeah, you don't get a new belt anymore. So what they do is, they, you send this off. This isn't actually my one, my one.

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:55

       Wh-

   24. IAIsrael Adesanya0:55

       I've sent it off.

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:55

       This isn't yours?

   26. IAIsrael Adesanya0:56

       Yeah, but then, they brought it-

   27. JRJoe Rogan0:57

       You sent yours already?

   28. IAIsrael Adesanya0:58

       I, I sent-

   29. JRJoe Rogan0:58

       Oh, okay.

   30. IAIsrael Adesanya0:58

       You take this plaque off, this plaque on the side, and then you send it off, then they put a ruby and send it back to you, and then you can put it on-
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   It just starts to…

   1. JRJoe Rogan15:00

   2. IAIsrael Adesanya15:00

      It just starts to come. Yeah, all the-

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:00

      So you want to look easy against Yoel?

   4. IAIsrael Adesanya15:01

      This is nice, but it just looks good.

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:02

      Right.

   6. IAIsrael Adesanya15:02

      You know what I'm saying? But it's all about the, the challenges.

   7. JRJoe Rogan15:05

      Mm-hmm.

   8. IAIsrael Adesanya15:05

      Taking out Robert Whittaker in the second round in his home country, you know, doing that to Yo- Romero. Maybe not in Cuba, I don't know what, what the situation is like there. But, like, in Vegas, in a big arena, T- T-Mobile Arena, that would be fucking dope.

   9. JRJoe Rogan15:19

      Yeah.

   10. IAIsrael Adesanya15:19

       But, the- Dana said, you know, "Oh, he's gotta get a win first." The thing is they don't know how to sell it, like, to the people. And I'm like, "Fuck it, let's do it anyway." And I've said... And even his manager at the fights, for whatever reason, while I was walking in, was like, "Hey, Israel, we signed the contract." And I was like... I didn't know who it was. And he was like, "Hey, we signed the contract. Just tell Dana." I was like, "Okay."

   11. JRJoe Rogan15:39

       (laughs)

   12. IAIsrael Adesanya15:40

       (laughs) Had my drink in my hand, kept on walking like, "Cool story, bro."

   13. JRJoe Rogan15:43

       "Well, he signed the contr- How... What the fuck does that... Dana has said there's no-

   14. IAIsrael Adesanya15:46

       Yeah, but he was trying to say-

   15. JRJoe Rogan15:47

       There's no deal."

   16. IAIsrael Adesanya15:47

       You know, it's the hype. And then, like-

   17. JRJoe Rogan15:48

       Right.

   18. IAIsrael Adesanya15:48

       ... someone might... (laughs) They sent me this other video of him in the gym saying, "Israel, why you backing out? Why you, why you backing out?" You know? "Just tell Dana the fucking day." I'm like, "I did."

   19. JRJoe Rogan15:58

       "I know you."

   20. IAIsrael Adesanya15:58

       He don't love me.

   21. JRJoe Rogan15:59

       "Israel, I know you."

   22. IAIsrael Adesanya16:00

       He don't love me. He can love me all he want, he don't love me. (laughs)

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:03

       (laughs)

   24. IAIsrael Adesanya16:03

       But I'm saying, like, I wanna do the fight. I said, "Look, this is the guy," right?

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:07

       Yeah.

   26. IAIsrael Adesanya16:07

       "This is the guy who's gonna take me down and beat the fuck out of me." Okay, no one's been able to do that yet. So, let's see if this guy can do it, or let's see if I can take him down.

   27. JRJoe Rogan16:16

       Well, you know, the thing is too, you have to get him now.

   28. IAIsrael Adesanya16:19

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan16:19

       Because he's 41 now, I think? 40, 41?

   30. IAIsrael Adesanya16:22

       I know, right? He's old.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Yeah. …

   1. IAIsrael Adesanya30:00

   2. JRJoe Rogan30:00

      Yeah.

   3. IAIsrael Adesanya30:00

      And especially with like, just the young guys coming up, you know. I, I see it and I'm not stupid, man.

   4. JRJoe Rogan30:05

      Mm-hmm.

   5. IAIsrael Adesanya30:05

      I know (laughs) the target's on my back.

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:07

      Yes.

   7. IAIsrael Adesanya30:07

      It's easy to get this, but it's hard to keep it, so.

   8. JRJoe Rogan30:09

      Yes.

   9. IAIsrael Adesanya30:09

      ... yeah, I wanna make sure I'm, I wanna do what Demetrious did. I wanna do what Silva did, you know. I wanna be one of those guys who just racks it up, get all the Infinity Stones.

   10. JRJoe Rogan30:17

       (laughs) All the gems.

   11. IAIsrael Adesanya30:19

       Mm-hmm.

   12. JRJoe Rogan30:19

       Now, w- what happens if they overrun the outside of this thing-

   13. IAIsrael Adesanya30:23

       Get me a new belt.

   14. JRJoe Rogan30:23

       ... with gems?

   15. IAIsrael Adesanya30:24

       Get me a new belt.

   16. JRJoe Rogan30:25

       Get you a new belt. (laughs)

   17. IAIsrael Adesanya30:25

       Yeah, or bigger one.

   18. JRJoe Rogan30:25

       They used to give you a new belt every time.

   19. IAIsrael Adesanya30:27

       I know. I'll stop putting these ones, all the gems on these bits.

   20. JRJoe Rogan30:30

       A guy like Stipe-

   21. IAIsrael Adesanya30:31

       Yeah.

   22. JRJoe Rogan30:31

       ... Stipe has a shitload of belts, like-

   23. IAIsrael Adesanya30:32

       Yeah, would've been cool, I was looking forward to that.

   24. JRJoe Rogan30:34

       ... I don't think he needs a new belt every time.

   25. IAIsrael Adesanya30:34

       I might. I'm, I'm, I'm pro- I can buy some of them, you know, like... (laughs)

   26. JRJoe Rogan30:38

       (laughs) Talk, talk to somebody.

   27. IAIsrael Adesanya30:38

       Yeah.

   28. JRJoe Rogan30:39

       Yeah. It's, uh... What'd you think about the BMF belt?

   29. IAIsrael Adesanya30:42

       Mm...

   30. JRJoe Rogan30:43

       Yeah, it's a tr- touchy subject, right?
4. 45:00 – 56:23

   Like, it's ca-... You…

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      Internet.

   2. IAIsrael Adesanya45:00

      Like, it's ca-... You know, depression, whatnot.

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:02

      Yeah, social media.

   4. IAIsrael Adesanya45:03

      People attacking you.

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:04

      Mm-hmm.

   6. IAIsrael Adesanya45:04

      And I just tell them, like, "Look, it's, it's gonna be fine. This isn't forever." At the end of the day, they will peak now. Like, when I go back to where I grew up in Rotorua, when I see some of the kids that used to fuck with me, I'm like, I'm like, "I was, I was scared of you?"

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:19

      Right.

   8. IAIsrael Adesanya45:19

      Like, literally. Even when I close my eyes now, 'cause I always... I, I had a late growth spurt. I can see them, I visualize them, and they st- I still see them as bigger than me. But when I go back, they're, like, short and dumpy and got, like, five different kids to three different baby mamas-

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:32

      Mm-hmm.

   10. IAIsrael Adesanya45:32

       ... and working at the same job for the last 12 years. And I'm just like, "Man, you were in the first 15 rugby team. You were the man. I thought you was the man. But now I'm the man." But I never-

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:44

       (laughs)

   12. IAIsrael Adesanya45:44

       ... feel any kind of way over it. I don't feel... Only two of them have ever apologized, but I don't feel like... 'Cause I'm petty, you know? I got chips and dips on my shoulder. I'm that guy. But I don't feel a type of way where I have to, like, shit on them 'cause I understand kids are cruel, kids are dumb.

   13. JRJoe Rogan45:56

       Yeah.

   14. IAIsrael Adesanya45:56

       And I see it this day and age. I see it, and like-

   15. JRJoe Rogan45:59

       They don't even know what they're doing while they're doing it.

   16. IAIsrael Adesanya46:00

       Nah. They just-

   17. JRJoe Rogan46:01

       Yeah.

   18. IAIsrael Adesanya46:01

       ... fucking angry little chimps with hormones.

   19. JRJoe Rogan46:03

       Exactly.

   20. IAIsrael Adesanya46:03

       And they don't know what's happening. I, I know-

   21. JRJoe Rogan46:04

       And with bad instruction.

   22. IAIsrael Adesanya46:05

       I would've told myself, "Don't think with your penis."

   23. JRJoe Rogan46:08

       Yeah.

   24. IAIsrael Adesanya46:08

       That's the best advice I give young men.

   25. JRJoe Rogan46:09

       Yes.

   26. IAIsrael Adesanya46:09

       'Cause no one tells them that.

   27. JRJoe Rogan46:10

       No one.

   28. IAIsrael Adesanya46:11

       Yeah. So it's like-

   29. JRJoe Rogan46:11

       Jerk off first, then think about it.

   30. IAIsrael Adesanya46:12

       100%.

Episode duration: 2:01:30