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How Israel Adesanya RIGGED The UFC

January 25, 2026 / 00:49

This episode discusses the mental aspect of being a UFC champion, featuring Israel Adesanya and trainer Mike Angrove. Key topics include visualization techniques and the power of manifestation.

Israel Adesanya shares a personal story about his experience with visualization while training at City Kickbox. He describes how he used a vision board to see himself as the middleweight UFC champion.

Mike Angrove, one of Adesanya's trainers, played a significant role in this process. He facilitated the creation of a vision board that helped Adesanya focus on his goals.

The conversation highlights the importance of mental preparation in sports, emphasizing how athletes like Adesanya leverage visualization to achieve their dreams.

TLDR

Israel Adesanya discusses the power of visualization and manifestation in becoming a UFC champion.

Episode

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Here's the other thing about exceptional athletes like Israel. They understood
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the importance of the mental aspect as a UFC champion. There's a little story
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that I tell. What was really cool, Mike Angrove, who was one of the trainers at City Kickbox, he had Izzy staying with
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him. What he had done, he got one of his mates to take a photo of him and superimpose the middleweight UFC
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championship out around him. And so Mike goes past and there's Israel at the edge
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of his bed looking up at this vision board going I'm the USA middleweight champion of the world. The one thing
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that you constantly hear from Israel now is people don't understand. We still
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don't understand. I still don't understand how powerful it is. I know one thing is I just can't tell the
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world. But like there's levels that I've manifested things that I'm just like I
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still shock myself like how the [ __ ] did I make that happen? >> Put it this way. If I said to you, I'll
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give you a million dollars. What's the first thing you're going to ask? Where
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is

Episode Highlights

  • The Power of Manifestation
    Israel discusses the profound impact of mental visualization in his journey to becoming a champion.
    “I still shock myself like how the [ __ ] did I make that happen?”
    @ 00m 40s
    January 25, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • I still shock myself like how the [ __ ] did I make that happen?
    How Israel Adesanya RIGGED The UFC
  • What’s the first thing you’re going to ask? Where is it?
    How Israel Adesanya RIGGED The UFC

Key Moments

  • Mental Aspect00:04
  • Vision Board00:27
  • Manifestation00:38