{"id":305097,"date":"2019-03-11T06:17:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=305097"},"modified":"2019-03-11T06:17:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:17:37","slug":"israel-adesanya-responds-to-comparisons-to-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-responds-to-comparisons-to-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya responds to comparisons to Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The rise of Israel Adesanya has drawn comparisons to the rise of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>. The two took the UFC by storm and were both considered future champions from the early phases of their careers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel Adesanya agrees he shares some similarities with Conor McGregor, but assures they&#8217;re on different paths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA guy like\u00a0Conor McGregor, one thing I really appreciated when he first got in the game and one thing that really inspired me was his love for fighting,\u201d Adesanya said recently on\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/2\/25\/18239504\/the-mma-hour-israel-adesanya-dustin-poirier-paul-felder-greg-jackson-monday-morning-analyst\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a><\/em>. \u201cEventually, I don\u2019t know, it kind of became not just about fighting and more about the money and selling numbers and breaking records and pay-per-view and all that kind of stuff. But, one thing \u2014 and I don\u2019t know the guy that well \u2014 I can say from what I see lately, from the way he\u2019s posting his training [videos], he\u2019s getting back into that same mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re warriors, we\u2019re gladiators, we\u2019re modern day f*cking badasses. A fighter walks in the room and people are like \u2018oooo\u2019 because everyone is trying to be a tough guy. But, we don\u2019t have to do sh*t because we are tough guys and everyone knows it. So, I feel like he\u2019s getting back to that mindset of the younger Conor McGregor that loved to fight and f*ck everyone up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The similarities are definitely there. However, Adesanya believes the two are going down different paths in their careers and the way they handle themselves differ from each other also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Conor-McGregor-5.jpg\" alt=\"Conor McGregor\" class=\"wp-image-297278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Conor-McGregor-5.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Conor-McGregor-5-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption>Image: Conor McGregor on Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[McGregor] is on his own journey, I\u2019m on my own journey,\u201d Adesanya said. \u201cThat\u2019s the beauty of this sport. We\u2019re trying to get to the same place, maybe, but we\u2019re on different paths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just want to f*ck everyone up. I\u2019m not a f*cking asshole or a dick or anything unless they deserve it. I just want to fight and be remembered as the best, who fought everyone and beat them. Then the money, the numbers, the records, they all chase me. So, there\u2019s a little bit of strategy to it but I don\u2019t want to go too deep. I\u2019ll keep that to myself because look, [14 months] and I\u2019ve already headlined a couple (of) shows and I\u2019m already on the way. I wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m at the top yet. But, I keep rising, and even when I\u2019m at the top, I keep rising. I just want to have these key moments, these key fights, and that\u2019s about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think there are any similarities between Israel Adesanya and Conor McGregor? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 3\/10\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rise of Israel Adesanya has drawn comparisons to the rise of Conor McGregor. The two took the UFC by storm and were both considered future champions from the early phases of their careers. Israel Adesanya agrees he shares some similarities with Conor McGregor, but assures they&#8217;re on different paths. \u201cA guy like\u00a0Conor McGregor, one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":275508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,39449,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Israel Adesanya responds to comparisons to Conor McGregor | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The rise of Israel Adesanya has drawn comparisons to the rise of Conor McGregor. 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