Former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre offers Israel Adesanya some words of wisdom

“It’s heavy the crown, my friend, and it’s only going to get heavier for you,” St-Pierre said. “I’m honest with you. I like you. I’m telling you the truth: Heavy is the crown. Nobody can understand. But it gets worse, and it adds more weight to your shoulders every fight. Every fight is bigger and bigger, and the criticism is worse, and the expectations are more and more. Keep that fire.”

“Everybody would be nice with me,” St-Pierre said.

“Everybody will be nice with you because of what you accomplished. I see how someone is nice, how he is with the waiter, how he is with the driver, how he is with the guy at the lobby. A lot of people, it’s insecurity – they try to be someone that they are not.”