Israel Adesanya, born on 22 July 1989, is a Nigerian-New Zealander professional mixed martial artist who also fought as a kickboxer and a boxer. In mixed martial arts he competes in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he became a two-time UFC Middleweight Champion, and in kickboxing he challenged for the Glory Middleweight title. After moving to Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 21 he began training in mixed martial arts under Eugene Bareman at City Kickboxing alongside future UFC fighters such as Dan Hooker, Kai Kara-France and Alexander Volkanovski. His striking-based background in kickboxing is the foundation of the style that carried him to the top of the middleweight division.
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is a Nigerian-New Zealander professional mixed martial artist
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he currently competes in the Middleweight division
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former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion
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is a Nigerian-New Zealander professional mixed martial artist
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is a Nigerian-New Zealander professional mixed martial artist, former kickboxer, and boxer
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he currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
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