If it weren't for fighting, he would have been a dancer, if it weren't for fighting, he would have been a manga artist, but precisely because of fighting, he would be able to dance in a 60,000-person fighting competition, and after retiring, he would have the strength to start a dream animation production company.
Isriel Adisaya, born on 22 July 1989 in Lagos, Nigeria, to the son of an accountant and a nurse to a nurse, is the eldest of five children who grew up in the school after-school club to learn free-to-play, only to be injured in an accident that caused the fighter to start practicing martial arts again until he was 18 years old.
At the age of 10, in order to give their children a high-quality education, the parents emigrated to Rotorua, New Zealand's second largest city, and attended the local secondary school. As an immigrant, he was often bullied in school because of his skin color. He was not interested in sports, and pinned all his emotions on anime and manga. In a school theatrical performance, Isriel danced a Michael Jackson dance, which surprised the audience, but this still did not change the fate of being bullied.
At the age of 18, under the influence of the movie "Boxing", Adi Saya studied with Chinese coach Lin Zhengchuan and began formal Muay Thai training. After graduating from high school, computer design did not major for two years, and despite the strong opposition of his parents, Adisaya decided to become a martial artist. At the age of 21, Adi Saya moved to Auckland, where he studied MMA under the tutelage of Eugene Balman and other famous players such as the current champion of the featherweights, Kanofsky.
In 2008, at the age of 19, Adi Saya had started amateur Muay Thai. In May 2010, the 21-year-old Adi Saya began his first professional free-fighting match, and before entering the UFC, the total record of free-fighting matches was 75 wins and 5 losses, accumulating a lot of competition experience. On March 24, 2012, the 23-year-old Adi Saya won his first mixed martial arts match, winning the 40-year-old opponent at the age of 30, and the excitement turned over, and before entering the UFC, the mixed martial arts record also achieved an excellent 12 consecutive wins. Between 2014 and 2015, Adisaya also competed in six boxing matches, winning 5 wins and losing 1.
The large number of participants has accumulated a wealth of competition experience for Adisaya, especially in the part of the competition in China. The next part brings you Adisaya's years of galloping in the Chinese boxing world, so stay tuned.