2019 MMA Fighter of the Year I Israel "The Last Stylebender" Adesanya

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We look back at the monumental year of 2019 for Israel "The Last Stylebender" Adesanya.
Adesanya won the 2019 fighter of the year by many publications, including MMA Fighting, MMA Junkie, Bleacher Report, The Body Lock, Cageside Press, MMA News, Sherdog and Tapology to name a few.
Adesanya beat middleweight legend Anderson Silva in a fight of the night honors at UFC 234. Adesanya continued with a quick turn around as he took on Kelvin Gastelum for the interim middleweight championship in a fight of the year honors and Adesanya finished the year by unifying the middleweight belt by defeating Robert Whittaker by second round TKO.
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[@samofalltrades8470]

I'm a simple man, I see Adesanya, I click

[@KaweilK]

oh no i think you special

[@sammatt6678]

Fr 🙌

[@bobbybush1750]

Damn straight, He won a real title. Hardcore fan's understand he is the fighter of the year.

[@poodleman3356]

Yes jorge beat askren who wasnt fit for the ufc, till was a good win, nate was controversial stoppage for a fake belt against a guy who would never be ufc champ.

[@jmembz4881]

Fastest KO in UFC history triumphs anything Israel did this year including his championship fights

[@jamesalexander613]

@@poodleman3356 facts bro perfect analysis

[@wishfulthinking7022]

Lmao had a close fight with kelvin. Hardcore fans know kelvin is overrated af.

[@seanthemoneymagnet2158]

@@poodleman3356 and Till was reckless. He didn't take Jorge serious at all.

[@mutawadada6311]

Can't get enough of a real star, Adesanya. First time I find my self addicted to watching someone fight

[@siovaihu5974]

Israel Adesanya in 1 year 8 months: Wilkinson✅ Vettori✅ Tavares✅ Brunson✅ Silva✅ Gastelum✅ (Interim Title fight) Whittaker✅ (Undisputed Title fight) Romero✅ (First Title defence)

[@alexkorami6679]

When you put it like that... I realise all along when I was acknowledging Him It was actually disrespecting.

[@kherve4255]

Impressive

[@LyansLife]

@Ancient Rageedi Conor's haters really have to bring Conor in everything. just fuck off and sit down. Even his fans are not this annoying

[@conormackay3162]

@Ancient Rageedi in all fairness conor did beat aldo, who was featherweight champ for like a decade in 14 seconds, and alvarez, who was also a very dominant lightweight champion. As much as I dislike mcgregor fans you can't deny his talent and what he did for the sport

[@Wizardkelly808]

Ancient Rageedi Mcgregor won the belt in the same number of fights Israel did you casual.

[@big-icy-hot6803]

Israel adesanya is best fighting talent I’ve ever seen

[@big-icy-hot6803]

UFC middle weight champion Intern champ and undisputed King in the ring 2x cruiser weight champion king in the ring heavyweight champion Heck’s fight series middle weight champion AFC middle weight champion Glory middle weigh contender winner 105-5 combat sports record and the most titles in combat sports 2018 foty #2 2018 break through fighter 2018 rising star of the year. 2019 foty #1 2019 fight of the year 7 ufc fight 6 fight bonus

[@dimsumpizza4746]

For me its still Jon jones

[@kevinlegrain4761]

Jones?

[@heyezcleans764]

Then you dont know shit. Have a good day.

[@zokajz1021]

Then you know nothing about real Kung fu

[@reinhardchege1991]

That Hakka dance was truly meant for a champion. It is a fire vibe💯

[@isaacarmstrong2012]

The dragon fly thing though... that prophesy came to pass... wooow

[@rorisang8602]

Dude , that's so crazy.

[@sankofax8082]

His inner child is active... every coincidence strengthens his believe system.

[@jaybourne2705]

We tried for so long to get Dana's attention to this man. And look at what happened. I've had a few encounters with Israel years ago and i knew he was destined to be great. All love champ! Look forward to seeing you again!.

[@dezzolution]

I love what Eugene says here (14:25), about what they did for each other. Positive way to see the whole experience and to grow tenfold mentally. Hat's off Israel!

[@wilimow]

Izzy just opened up as beting favorite vs Romero 🙏

[@big-icy-hot6803]

Will M he’s never been a underdog and rightfully so 👑👿

[@gr8gr832]

12:05 right there!! Our traditional way of greeting elders 🇳🇬👌🏾

[@manvishkollu4447]

This is the most wholesome video on Adesanya I have ever seen

[@big-icy-hot6803]

UFC middle weight champion Intern champ and undisputed King in the ring 2x cruiser weight champion king in the ring heavyweight champion Heck’s fight series middle weight champion AFC middle weight champion Glory middle weigh contender winner 105-5 combat sports record and the most titles in combat sports 2018 foty #2 2018 break through fighter 2018 rising star of the year. 2019 foty #1 2019 fight of the year 7 ufc fight 6 fight bonus greatest resume and talent ever period.

[@jahmoan69]

Wow impressive resume ...very deserving of it too

[@akashmuruganandam1462]

Dunno if Costa ever seen this resume

[@VegaMain]

I just found him half a year ago and he’s already my favorite fighter man. Smart, funny, strong, athletic and he liked anime. This guy is dope af

[@joebovovitch7803]

Long live the king

[@Pukees01]

When he won he brought emotions out of me I’ve never expected before

[@jaredb9523]

I love this dude so much he so smooth so intelligent so entertaining. Love the references the entrances. He literally go super Saiyan god mode on everyone I matrix style dodging their swings an pow

[@greatstate58]

All the smart unbiased outlets gave him fighter of the year. Ariel like to keep cool with the bigger names.

[@lameloball1235]

john doe Izzy is a bigger name than that guy from the east

[@recipoldinasty]

john doe ariel didnt gave it to israel?

[@kudakwashemwashayenyi4752]

Thanks for the video😊

[@TheRealHerbaSchmurba]

Yeah he deserves it, he beat a former champ, a number 1 contender and became champ. Masvidal didn’t fight the same caliber Israel did.

[@husanr.4732]

Masvidal took out : Former Title Challenger✅ Hype train ✅ Man who handed McGregor his first loss ( Cardio machine)✅

[@92397]

Friends Show the man who handed mcgregor his first loss lmao that’s not a fuckin accomplishment. That was way before mcgregor was what he is now or what he was during his featherweight and lightweight division runs in the ufc. Quit kidding yourself man. Masvidal will be exposed.

[@92397]

TheRealHerbaSchmurba exactly, these causals don’t know anything about the sport, it’s sad to see. If you know anything about the art of the sport, it is so clear that adesanya is the better fighter. He’s just too good for masvidal.

[@altair769]

I just realized that one of the best things - most endearing things - about Izzy, are his documentary clips that bring us along for his ride - training, a day in the life, weigh-ins, post fight interviews, etc...…..The guy is easy on the eyes to watch. And he has this every day bloke thing about him that makes you relate even if you don't physically fight.

[@preyeyinkore7238]

Can't help but like the guy. Go Izzy!

[@olufemitaiwo7153]

Great job you did here EMG. No better exhibition of the man, the dancer, the fighter - Adesanya. I also want to thank the people of New Zealand 🇦🇺for all the love shown to the Adesanyas - we officially cede them over. Much love and appreciation from Nigeria 🇳🇬

[@blazeovich]

Gotta love this kid! Wish he coulda given us one more fight in 2019.

[@markhenry7730]

Emeritus, congratulations my brother, you bend dem style wella

[@kylekrieger3901]

Good job brother! Your a very inspiring individual even though we never trained together your movement has taught me a lot... although we both learned a lot there still is so much more to evolve and learn. ^=^ I just enjoy being able to relate to people and although we are different there is a lot of similarities thank you for your gift brother... your gift of presence.

[@Thoughtful8]

Awesome fighter; he gets down in all categories, ground work foot work and hands are nasty. This guy also hits very hard

[@jazilet4255]

Best fighter on the planet right now. We are in the Adesanya era.

[@ntpy7005]

Mad skills, bro. Everyone bite the dust. Stay true and forever be real, Izzy. 🙌

[@tawandaJerry]

Lol how they were chilling before the fight.. this job man

[@sosaoye1678]

EMG 🔥🔥 Adesanya👏👏👏

[@MASTERPLOVE]

Nice one bro 💪👊💪

[@friendshippage8074]

respect this dude more and more i watch .

[@stephenlastname852]

1:18 Izzys looking BIG man

[@nw_blessed1404]

My dude Action!

[@ud6083]

All love for Adesanya but Eugene is the Sensei we all want.

[@TheHarrip]

This is amazing, i might show my Dad.

[@lamourauservicedelaverite.5016]

I love this soldier.

[@wrenronald2294]

Roar Man

[@agussuprianto1867]

He is very confidence

[@kickboxing6853]

He’s the real deal☝🏽

[@thiernodiallo9674]

I enjoy his fighting skills

[@zadegetsfaded]

People let their personal insecurities get in the way of getting behind him which sucks cause he may be the greatest fighter this generation will ever see

[@jaybest1787]

This guy's the real deal.

[@ult7414]

Future light heavyweight and heavyweight champion

[@elijahvictor4077]

Jujitsu , taekwondo, karate, judo, Isreal Adesanya, Master of all for styles the last style bender.

[@m77ast]

Do you see how he greeted his father by prostrating. That is how we the yorubas of Nigeria greet our Fathers sometimes going down until your chest touches the ground and most of the time asking for a blessing. That is in reverence to their wisdom and leadership.

[@mthemaxim5703]

8:59 what a beautiful shot!

[@idisaid1547]

I like the style Bender

[@prometheus6898]

Was on a Sherdog thread a while ago about what would happen if the sport of MMA was more popular in Africa and people were hating like crazy and making racist comments. There are a small amount of African fighters in the UFC yet that still gives us Ngannou, Adesanya & Usman so you can imagine what would happen if the sport was more popular out there. Alt Right fight fans worse nightmare and I think the comments showed this by how defensive people were getting. Like who cares what race. If you're a true fan you wanna see the sport get to the highest level possible and if its dominated by West Africans, Americans, Russians or whoever it shouldn't matter.

[@jimmyjamdrops7326]

Sherdog is cancer though, not like you'd get an objective opinion there

[@thetraveler9]

Sherdog is a racist ass site.

[@akzabowtme]

EZ Money might as well call it IZZY Money

[@bobbybush1750]

Sounds too much like is he?

[@lyalminchinton8825]

Good work Steve Adams , quietly doing great charity work . Good stuff Aquaman.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@olufemisamson8545]

Well deserve guy, more power to ur elbow

[@Muhammib]

Yes izee with Kelvin are the best show of the year 2019

[@williamslakrit7414]

Very happy guy 😃😃😃😃👏👏👏naija is always on top 😆😆😆😆👋👋👋👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌👍👍👍Respect to you champ 😎😆😆😆😆👏👏👏

[@kudakwashemwashayenyi4752]

THE TRUE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

[@ELD423]

What up, my dude. It is rare that I give this much respect to someone who is this much younger than I am , but I'm not stupid. I give much respect to Adesanya, " The Last Style Bender ". I was not impressed until Costa . I probably should have been impressed with Yoel Romeo... "Soldier Of God" . I did see the contest with Anderson Sylva but I thought that , that was a pass of the baton from one fighter to another . They had the same style but the style bender ,,, just bent his style a little . Impressive but not out standing . That fight with Gastilum was impressive . Sorry it was so long for me to get on board , but here I am .

[@giovanylorenzo884]

So no one saw him knock the guys tooth out at 1:10

[@denisaprochazka]

not his tooth alot of people de stress during sparring by chewing gum

[@giovanylorenzo884]

nd209 chewing gum? He has a mouth piece in already though and it’s pretty small if it’s gum

[@bassfishingwiththeantichri2921]

"I'm gonna beat the game before the game beats me." Game~😰

[@fairysrreal8728]

FIGHTER'S CHAMP, and NO bullshit....

[@m77ast]

That Haka is high octane.

[@altair769]

Haka NEVER gets old!!!! The dance of life.

[@lazarusdigital]

17:40 Steve Adams use to throw up the seek when he was young! haha crack up

[@livingstonetv3128]

☝

[@meekeverything4937]

Isreal adesanya best fighter ever liveth

[@acdnan]

The hokage era started with a bang vs Kelvin (Ese Diablo) and the title defence vs The reaper was cool. However the 20’s Izzy will take it to a whole new level.

[@peacebalancetruth]

🎯

[@timidiamond7740]

And he did. #andstill

[@Skiwi685]

Give em a taste of Kiwi Izzy!

[@michaelanderson3601]

All you jorge lovers ( I'm a fan as well) yes hes good yes he did amazing things in 2019 if he did that flying knee to a top 3 fighter and not a bum (Askrin) he would have had a better case...... JS.....CONGRATS TO IZZY

[@match6800]

Michael Anderson askren was undefeated

[@michaelanderson3601]

@@match6800 the man was over the hill in the fight game he got lucky against robbie... u do know he only fought in the ufc 3 times right??? 1 lucky win to 2 losses one by 3 second ko and other by submission hes a wrestler who couldn't win against someone who only does bjj so Askrin "bum"

[@match6800]

Michael Anderson I don’t believe in luck in fighting because it’s all skill and mentality. What was so lucky about that win? And yes Ben is one dimensional but it was working for him for years so he’s still legit. Btw bulldog chokes are a real thing Robbie wasn’t gettin out of that shit he passed out then woke up right away

[@michaelanderson3601]

@@match6800 the video shows ref: give me a thumbs up robbie: throws his thumb up fight stops robbie who is not bad at wrestling himself who was absolutely fine in that position who was bloodying up Ben's face got the fight stopped because he did what the referee told him to do

[@michaelanderson3601]

You've been watching too much JOE ROGAN bruhvuh

[@peacebalancetruth]

L💛VE *Dan* *"The Hangman"* *Hooker's* reaction @25:25! He's a Good Brother to *ISRAEL* ....YOU WILL GET YOUR BELT TOO CHAMP 💪 GREAT DOCUMENTARY... *IZZY'S* COOL🌊 LIKE WATER BEHIND THE SCENES.

[@Wickedtingzz]

Alysse Winston that was alexander volkanovski the current feather weight champ.. just to let ya know . what are you saying all white New Zealand males look alike ... that's... lol just joking . all good . allegedly

[@tanacz5505]

The Dragonfly.

[@Ghedion92]

10:15 is how you know he's Nigerian

[@elijahvictor4077]

Lolzzzz. Yeah right. Nigerians. Fuck yeah

[@elijahvictor4077]

Lolzzzz. Yeah right. Nigerians. Fuck yeah

[@dillynlakey6420]

1:09 Isreal speaking to his opponent about his teeth: "...and its gone"

[@PosyLubelak]

He asked for Yoel guys, just for that give him credits. Damn i want to see that fight

[@katierobinson2937]

Calling Romero out. I honestly don't think any other current champ in the ufc would do that if they were in izzys shoes. Proper dangerous fight. Fair play to him.

[@chultimatemuscle]

of course it means something my friend you constantly have synchronicites !!any creature that makes a point to make temselves noticable is a MESSAGE :) Izzy is connected baby to source!!

[@thatoneguy-qc1bp]

Wow even Jason Mamoa is hoping on that stylebender bandwagon...I'm no exception

[@bobbyhayes2365]

Jon Jones is the Michael Jordan of mma Israel Adesanya is the Lebron James

[@regulatorsmountup4931]

Aya bi ekun

[@muyideenjimoh6672]

Ori e o wa ni ibe

[@George-up3kb]

at 1.10 that guys tooth comes flying out

[@razrsliq7623]

Nigerians are warriors and also those mean warriors from NEW Zealand are beasts. What a combination.

[@ahadsyed8892]

DJ Khaled looking a little different than usual 🤔 @1:04

[@natearsenault8887]

Awesome personality... dragonfly!? Lol

[@mcallenbell2279]

Ad: Hello eevvryone. I coming for.. to ask you a big favor"

[@emmanuelvictor.f6229]

So humble👇🏻 Look how he greeted him @3:51. NO PRIDE though talks a lot ☺️ More Grace of GOD on your inner man. BEHOLD, There's no enchantment against Jacob neither is there any divination against ISREAL. (Numbers23:23) GOD BE WITH YOU "ALWAYS"

[@megwasugoakukoiro-moonligh6387]

if i have same team as izzy have, i would defeat anyone in UFC- they are fun packed and lively

[@pickelteets]

“He smells nice.”

[@ucheeke5110]

Best champion of 2019, the rest where just controversial

[@juicejizzo3046]

Jorge masvidal fighter of the year

[@KHALABEEB]

25:36 the puppy?

[@acdnan]

Non of my business. His personal life is his personal life.

[@molaksterssklmk4640]

What I hate the most is "Mark my words"

[@GabrielEze]

Okay

[@RespectMyNerdz]

I love Izzy n I enjoy the fuck out of his style, I want to see him tested more I respect the fact that his work ethics allows him to go 5 rounds n I really wish he & Wittaker went all 5 But Wittaker has a glass jaw n Izzy does have some knock out power

[@mrblunts5846]

Might sound weird but I recognize where he Is in nz while he's driving lol

[@Breaker-of-horses-and-men]

He drove past my driveway on Christmas Day and it was the best present I've ever gotten

[@friendshippage8074]

aw hes at the park in westgate / massey .

[@razrsliq7623]

Izzy is what Nigerians call a *one bone* because He's tough as nails

[@giyutomioka7200]

Wish Kobe Visited Here so he will still be alive todayyy. R.I.P KOBE

[@Dracon-International]

those feet are black and rock-hard shet don't never wanna get those toes stuck in my head..... I heard those his walkers in Pak n save

[@XlxKris22xlX]

Masvidal was the fighter of the year

[@kalebcotter197]

Lol ok.

[@diegoavelarmussi]

MASVIDAL 2019 MMA Fighter of the Year

[@RiteshSinghYT]

He's Sniper

[@mudasir6738]

3:09 why this man Izzy just double dip tho?

[@goonygugu5006]

He flipped it... He even says it