Can rugby players be UFC fighters!? + Ardie Savea’s UFC name

Cheers great interview. N best to all.

This is cringe af!

Loved this interview. .. who better to listen to? On top of their game, the whole damn lot of them.
Reiko Ioane.......I've got my Mum, my Dad, my Partner ........"and my dog" ---- that's so awesome, I love that!
and what about Israel Adesanya's laugh?!.......Yes, it's expressive and genuine but it's more than that, it's the sound,
it has a fullness and lustrous quality. It hit's perfect pitch. It's great on the ears - so powerful and very captivating.
Our laughter is something we can not manufacture, his is the (Luciano) Pavarotti of laughter!

The black Ang 😂 you a fool for that one lol

Eden park ......best answer came last.

Reiko you gave the best answer. Mature, insightful and honest. 💪

Powerful connection: thinking back 4 years ago if you know, you know when Adesanya and head coach of CKB said all they need is to be recognized as warriors just like the ALL BLACKS I'm from South Africa, but CKB and Adesanya have changed my life to a worrior today. I'm permanently employed as an electrician, and my 3-year-old first born named Adesanya [ Royal family]

Thank you for the interview and new 3time champ lol 😆 this is a Powerful feeling family if you understand where they hustle is coming from . Paballelo South Africa 🇿🇦

Thought that was Anderson Silva in the thumbnail 😅

Love the insight into the boys’ perspectives of each others professions. Richie laid the platform really well too. Hope to see some ABs in the crowd at 305!

Question by Eugene at 18min?? About all players outplaying the opponents..? Not a AB nor CB athlete - but, as an individual athlete and amateur rugby player - I can say there are similarities. Its not about 15 outperforming 15. its about (like in individual sports) - every player in team being responsible for their role. Their part in the cog. At times, you're not required to match opponent - but rather, implement a strategy etc. Surely in individual sports (question), you have a strategy to beat ANY OPPONENT, and the result is purely based on the accuracy and capacity to deliver on whats required. Further, even in individual sports... there is a whole village involved. No such thing as self made champ in individual sports. Behind the scenes....??? My 2 pennies worth

Love this combo (ABs and CKB). As a 40+ yr old black SAn - ABs were our champs.. moreso, with their perceived embrace (by us) of the sacred history and culture of the land they represented.. something we felt Boks never did. All Blacks in SA (lol) had always viewed Boks as the Afrikaners (oppressors), and thus, all blacks (pun intended) in SA would support the 1 team that could diminish the superiority complex of our oppressors... THE MIGHTY NZ ALL BLACKS!

However, with the dawn of a new era,. and with the ever increasing representation in Bok team (Nelson Mandela's seed) and the revival and unity "Rassie/Siya" era has ushered in.. I feel we are united behind the Boks. Black and white. HOWEVER.... when it comes to the battle between DDP and IZZY - there can only be 1 winner.

I am not yet ready to witness bouncer type fighting styles... brawn over skills etc. Again,. with Izzy breaking thru in the manner that he did - followed by the dominance and success of Usman & Ngannou - I can only show allegiance and loyalty to the brand of THE 3 AFRICAN KINGS.

WOULD BE SUPPORTING DDP, till his brain fart.
Whatever the passport - Izzy is an African champ, and a phenomenal inspiration to African youth - from Cape to Cairo.

Long May You Reign Champ.
ABs.... see you soon. Nothing but MADD love and respect for NZ culture.

Awesome show, we need more, similar to how the Breakdown started, this is more intimate. Good line of questioning by the #10.

Aye, good stuff🤙

The All Blacks should have collaborated with CKB along time ago

This was fun!

Ive said for yrs rugby players would make a good base and great fighters. Especially from NZ

Dope!

Savea😂😂 basically well over rated.😂😂😂 average playing big teams

Great questions amazing insight into all these high level elite athletes!!! Can uz all teach the Warriors how to grind!! When they win all NZ wins;) Up the Wahz baby🔥

Lol legends

Awesome Kiwis! Glad to see the AB's showing their support and passion for sport and even better to see the banter between elite athletes! As a Saffa with great respect for the rivalry between the Boks and Black Ferns in rugby, I hope fans show the same respect in the UFC.
That being said, sterkte Izzy, you going to need it boet

Fun Dynamic.
I forget if I saw a past episode of this gang. Here for Izzy. Let's go CKB and these Rugby guys.

Kara France for prime minister

Go Dricus!

What a panel. A Chinese guy, a Nigerian guy, 6 New Zealanders.

Just like PSDT on Barret in the final, Du Plessis is gonna give Izzy PTSD 😆

Rugby players can definitely be MMA fighters, case in point, Dricus Du Plessis, Alexander Volkanovski.
Rugby players learn to grapple a whole lot, especially when they tackle. They train wrestling as basics for rugby players, especially teaching them the safest way to tackle an opponent down.

Hooker is just chilling there minding his business and zoned out. 🤣

Yeh, right...takes years of training to be an elite level

Not mentioning Dan and Eugene at the start is mad disrespectful 😂

Awesome video All Blacks and UFC!

And he does look like Anderson Silva

Humbling experience to see the brothers together having a laugh, only here at home

@volkanovski

Richie definitely has a future in the media

Great mix of personalities and well MC’d by Richie. Would be great to see Reiko doing some candid behind the scenes stuff like he did on his own YT channel years ago. Loved those vids, he’s really chilled and frees up his subjects to be themselves.

Yess they can be fighters

Anyone can be anything, what separates people is genetics and mind set.

I think rugby players could easily be above average professional fighters but fighters couldn’t be above average rugby players.

I think Alex Volkanovski has proven this theory ?

Could see this used in a sports psychology lecture haha

Adessanya wasn't happy when Ardie Savea said South Africa.

The UFC needs to expand 😅 I want to see 2v2 5v5 2v1 just like all these other wild and crazy fighting leagues the UFC definitely should do so three people on his team were fighting that would be incredible if another coach had the same thing and they put all 6 in one ring or a tag team match 😅

Great video, Eugene, Izzy and the CKB team are tremendous athletes, happy to see the spotlight shine on them 👏👏👏👏👏👏

I see izzy when savea say Johannesburg south africa he looks afraid 😂 dricus will hammer u bro

A liked this cross over 💪

lol u guys couldnt afford more mics?

Can you come up with UFC nicknames for other players? 😎