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Israel Adesanya has revealed the reason why he wore a dog collar before his fight at UFC Miami.
On Thursday, during the UFC 287 press conference, fans noticed that Adesanya was wearing a large dog collar.
Izzy wearing a choker pic.twitter.com/OOVAFidEM0
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Adesanya was asked about the dog collar and this how he answered.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p9cBOFH4N8Y
“I’m a dog, it’s a dog collar and I’m about to be unleashed”
Apparently Adesanya is trying to reference the 2005 Jet Li movie “Unleashed.”