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15th April 2019
02:40pm BST

"You know who he reminds me of? Conor McGregor," White said of Adesanya. "That’s what Conor did. Conor came in, he stayed active, he built up a lot of notoriety, had some great fights and people knew his name and people wanted to see him fight."
"Israel Adesanya is on the same trajectory right now," he added. "He’s doing the same exact thing Conor did. And you know what Israel doesn’t say when we call him? He doesn’t say no. ‘I’m on vacation, I’m not gonna show up to fight for a belt, and then possibly get a shot at the champion and make pay-per-view money.’ He says ‘Yeah, I’ll see you in Atlanta.’
"And when you have that type of confidence in yourself, it pays off. It’s definitely going to pay off for him."
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