{"id":11406,"date":"2019-10-14T01:22:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T01:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=5861"},"modified":"2019-10-14T01:22:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T01:22:51","slug":"born-to-reign-lagos-bullied-boy-israel-adesanya-in-new-zealand-knocks-out-opponent-to-become-ufc-world-middleweight-champion-endured-racial-abuse-street-fighting-from-the-age-of-10-30-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/born-to-reign-lagos-bullied-boy-israel-adesanya-in-new-zealand-knocks-out-opponent-to-become-ufc-world-middleweight-champion-endured-racial-abuse-street-fighting-from-the-age-of-10-30-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"BORN TO REIGN: Lagos bullied boy, ISRAEL ADESANYA in New Zealand knocks-out opponent to become UFC World Middleweight Champion…endured Racial Abuse, street-fighting from the age of 10 *30 year old now celebrated as one of the best fighters in the world *Crushes Robert Whittaker’s dentition out in two rounds before a crowd of 57,000 in Melbourne * earlier trained in taekwondo in Nigeria, fighting professional kickboxing bouts in 2011 * ‘I struggled to fit in and never felt accepted in my adopted country because of my race and being an African immigrant. It was weird being the only black kid around. I had to defend myself a lot. ‘I’m cheeky, I’m annoying so I’d always get myself into trouble and eventually I had to learn how to defend myself. That’s when my search for fighting came through’-Adesanya BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BORN\nTO REIGN:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lagos\nbullied boy, ISRAEL ADESANYA in New Zealand knocks-out opponent to\nbecome UFC World Middleweight Champion…endured\nRacial Abuse, street-fighting from the age of 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*30\nyear old now celebrated as one of the best fighters in the world <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Crushes\nRobert Whittaker’s dentition out in two rounds before a crowd of\n57,000 in Melbourne<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\nearlier trained in taekwondo in Nigeria, \nfighting professional kickboxing bouts in 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\n‘I struggled to fit in and never felt accepted\nin my adopted country because of my race and being an African\nimmigrant.<\/strong>\nIt was weird being the only\nblack kid around. I had to defend myself a lot. ‘I’m cheeky, I’m\nannoying so I’d always get myself into trouble and eventually I had\nto learn how to defend myself. That’s when my search for fighting\ncame through’-Adesanya<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY\nGEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HE’S\nTHE GLORY OF NIGERIA. HE IS A LAGOS BOY WHO PASSIONATELY BELIEVE IN\nTHE POWER OF DESTINY. Needless to say, ISRAEL ADESANYA is a child of\ndestiny. He is indeed. He takes on almost every opponents with a\ndetermination for victory and knock-out. By the end of the last\ncount, this 30 year old Nigerian always emerge a winner, with loss in\na match. Only a few days ago, he humiliated Robert Whittaker, his\nopponent in Melbourne to win the coveted UFC World Middleweight\nChampion. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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