He’s keen to get his name known around the world, and on a lesser level, he wants to be more known and familiar to people than a particular 2006 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
“I want it to be like, you say, ‘Blood Diamond,’ and people say, ‘Ah, yeah. This guy (is a) great artist,” he said. show, so that’s it. A guy that’s got something different from everyone else, and he’s pretty fun, and someone you want to see fight, whether you want to see him win or lose, you just want to To see him fight. That’s the point. I want to build this name, ‘Blood Diamond’, so big that when you type it into Google, I’m going to come up before the movie.
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Of course, that requires results, and although his record only shows three fights (and three wins), he has plenty of experience in combat sports. Diamond was with Adesanya during the champion’s stay in China early in their respective careers. The two lived together, cornered when they could, and supported each other as they rose through the ranks of the fighting game.
“It was pretty much me and him back to back against everybody,” Adesanya said on UFC Countdown. “There were times when it was literally me and him in each other’s company, and sometimes he was fighting in a different city and I was fighting in another city, and we wouldn’t be in each other’s company. our corner, then we’d get someone as a water boy and we’d get stuck. So, we had adventures in China back then, so I feel like it’s his turn now. He’s been doing tough jobs for years, so now is the time to shine under the bright lights.