Gallery Israel Adesanya def. Derek Brunson at UFC 230: Best photos view 9 images During the many years in which he reigned supreme over the UFC middleweight division, Anderson Silva repeatedly offered the same answer when asked about who he’d like to fight next: “my clone.” Well, science hasn’t come far enough to make that happen just yet. However, if you ask Israel Adesanya , it seems like Silva’s gotten himself close enough of a substitute for his octagon return. “I’m a guy that started off modeling my style after his, because he’s a skinny black guy like me, and I look up to him,” Adesanya said Monday on The MMA Hour . “So, I was like, if you want to fight your clone, you can fight me. But I’m better than your clone, because I’ve studied every single thing you’ve done, every (expletive) move you make
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