“Yes, I go into a fight with a different mindset,” Adesanya told Sports Illustrated. “I love it, and maybe it sounds a bit poetic, but now everything is at stake. This is my last chance and I will give everything I have in every sense of the word.”
“This time it will be different. I cannot reveal the work done, but on the day of the fight everyone will see that I am the best. I will talk less and do more. There is no point in playing games for likes, and trying to intimidate him is simply impossible. Waste of energy. And he can’t scare me. The fight is already sold and it will be one of the greatest fights in martial arts of all time.”
A middleweight title fight between Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya will be the main event of UFC 287 on April 8 in Miami.