{"id":292788,"date":"2018-11-26T14:56:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T22:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=292788"},"modified":"2018-11-27T16:11:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T00:11:52","slug":"israel-adesanya-discusses-anderson-silva-matchup-i-know-this-man-better-than-he-knows-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-discusses-anderson-silva-matchup-i-know-this-man-better-than-he-knows-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya discusses Anderson Silva matchup, &#8216;I know this man better than he knows himself&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two days ago, a pretty surprising matchup was announced as former middleweight king Anderson Silva was announced to be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anderson-silva\/breaking-anderson-silva-will-return-to-the-octagon-at-februarys-ufc-234-event-against-israel-adesanya\/\">making his return against the rising contender, Israel Adesanya<\/a> at UFC 234 in February.<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya just recently <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/derek-brunson\/ufc-230-results-israel-adesanya-finishes-derek-brunson-in-round-1\/\">dispatched of Derek Brunson at UFC 230<\/a> who also happens to be Silva&#8217;s last opponent as well.<\/p>\n<p>However, Adesanya&#8217;s victory was a whole lot clearer and more decisive as he finished him in one round whereas Silva took home a controversial decision.<\/p>\n<p>A matchup that Adesanya wasn&#8217;t all too interested in at this point, he felt like it was something that just felt right as he&#8217;ll be taking on one of his fighting idols as he told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-qRoPnJRvgg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m a guy that started off modeling my style after his because he\u2019s a skinny black guy like me and I looked up to him. So, I was like \u2018If you want to fight your clone, you can fight me. But I\u2019m better than your clone because I\u2019ve studied every single thing you\u2019ve done and every f*cking move you made,\u2019 I know when he\u2019s going to chill, I know when he\u2019s going to attack, I know when he\u2019s offensive, I know when he wants to blitz. I\u2019d feel it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I know this man better than he knows himself. I know some things about him that he doesn\u2019t even know about himself because I\u2019m on the outside looking in. But I\u2019m glad he took the fight and I\u2019m glad it\u2019s on. And it\u2019s [UFC] 234. Perfect synchronicity, 2-3-4. Melbourne, my favorite city in Australia. So now I\u2019m ready. This is all mine for the taking.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With Silva now being at 43-years of age, many aren&#8217;t too fond of this matchup for Adesanya, especially when considering the other great options he has ahead of him in the talented 185-pound division.<\/p>\n<p>However, just because\u00a0&#8216;The Spider&#8217; isn&#8217;t in the prime of his career anymore doesn&#8217;t mean that Adesanya plans to take him lightly.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s still Anderson Silva,\u201d said Adesanya. \u201cWhether you like it or not, he just smashed&#8230;well, Bisping won the fight on paper but I had Anderson edging it out. You could have stopped the fight in the third [round] after that flying knee dropped [Bisping]. So he\u2019s still a guy that\u2019s dangerous, he\u2019s still the guy that f*cking front kicked Vitor Belfort in his face, he\u2019s still crafty and he\u2019s a guy that among everyone else can probably play with me better than most people because we\u2019re cut from the same cloth, the cloth of greatness. Like the way we move is different from the rest. So yeah, he\u2019ll be a guy that understands how we move differently. So, don\u2019t ever sleep on him. He\u2019s \u2018The Spider,\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI know I\u2019m going beat him and I have to beat him. But, I\u2019m not overestimating him and I\u2019m not underestimating him. I just have to go in and do my job. I\u2019ve said it, just because I\u2019m a fan doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t catch these hands. Just because I\u2019m a fan doesn\u2019t mean I won\u2019t put it on him. I\u2019m not going to be like [<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a>] when he first faced Matt Hughes. You know GSP was looking down and he admitted he was scared and he wasn\u2019t worthy of being in there. That\u2019s how he felt. This is not that. This is not that story. I\u2019m coming in there to kill him, I\u2019m coming in to destroy him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It might not be a title fight or a No. 1 contender bout, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that it means any less to &#8216;The Last Stylebender&#8217;. In fact, it means even more.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThis means more to me than the f*cking world title. I\u2019m getting choked up even right now even thinking about it. Like honestly, this f*cking means the world to me. UFC 90 was the first time I watched this guy fight live. Before that, I was watching him on DVDs f*cking murking dudes. This is like LeBron James getting to face Michael Jordan.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>UFC 234 takes place on February 10 in Melbourne, Australia. The main event will be a battle for the middleweight title as Aussie superstar <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kelvin-gastelum\/robert-whittaker-vs-kelvin-gastelum-official-for-ufc-234-in-melbourne\/\">Robert Whittaker looks to defend his crown against Kelvin Gastelum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 11\/26\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two days ago, a pretty surprising matchup was announced as former middleweight king Anderson Silva was announced to be making his return against the rising contender, Israel Adesanya at UFC 234 in February. Adesanya just recently dispatched of Derek Brunson at UFC 230 who also happens to be Silva&#8217;s last opponent as well. 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