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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – SEPTEMBER 27: Israel Adesanya of Nigeria celebrates after defeating Paulo Costa of Brazil in their middleweight championship bout during UFC 253 inside Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island on September 27, 2020 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)

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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – SEPTEMBER 27: Israel Adesanya of Nigeria celebrates after defeating Paulo Costa of Brazil in their middleweight championship bout during UFC 253 inside Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island on September 27, 2020 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)
Israel Adesanya has proved to be a talent not just inside the octagon but also outside of it. His fans are aware of how good the fighter is at dancing. The fighter can be seen showing off his cool moves frequently.
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In a new Instagram post, Adesanya was seen performing some complex dance moves extremely smoothly. Several people reacted, and this included Claressa Shields. She commented, “lol ok @stylebender how many times Y’all did this, because you sweating everywhere! Dance machine!'”
Many other athletes also reacted. Aljamain Sterling commented, “Ayyyy!! Get money!! 💰💰💰 🕺🏾”. Similarly, Kamaru Usman commented, “🔥🔥”. UFC commentator Jon Anik wrote, “Shine the f*ck on, champ!”.
Several fans too had great things to say about ‘Izzy’. A person commented, “This dude knocking out your fav fighters then dancing on the weekends 😂😂 levels g”.
Another user wrote, “The dude can move inside and outside the octagon, respect!”
A particular fan had some extremely positive words for Adesanya. The fan wrote, “Man I wish you nothing but the best in life! You seem like an awesome human.”
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However, negative comments are expected when someone is at such a high-level fighter as Adesanya. An Instagram user wrote, “Stop dancing and next time put a better show in the UFC. Stop running around in the octagon.”
Another fan pointed out how dancing could actually be helping him in his UFC career. The fan wrote, “Not to many people know that dancing will improve there foot work and unorthodox movies to improve unique skill brings a lot out of you, why you the best champ your unique🖤🤘believe it👊”.
Read More: 5 Things We Didn’t Know About Israel Adesanya
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Israel Adesanya: More on his dancing skills
As per an article published by ‘Bleacher Report‘, Adesanya would compete in dance competitions before his MMA journey. He even won many such competitions in New Zealand. However, Jackie Chan and Anderson Silva opened up Adesanya’s mind towards fighting.

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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – SEPTEMBER 25: Israel Adesanya of Nigeria poses on the scale during the UFC 253 weigh-in on September 25, 2020 at Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
While he may be a huge star in the UFC today, he has not left behind his dancing skills. Did you like Israel Adesanya’s new dance video? Let us know in the comments below.
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Watch this story: Five Times Israel Adesanya Proved Why He Is The Best Dancer in the UFC
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