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Auch wenn es so wirkt: Stylebender ist keine klassische Sportdokumentation über den MMA-Champion Israel Adesanya. Vielmehr befasst sich die Doku mit der ungewöhnlichen Reise eines schüchternen nigerianischen Jungen, der es vom ländlichen Neuseeland bis in die MMA schafft. Auf dem Weg dorthin hat Adesanya immer wieder mit der Frage nach Männlichkeit, Mobbing und seiner psychischen Gesundheit zu kämpfen.

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00:00Who is Israel Adesanya?
00:02Israel Adesanya!
00:04The best middleweight on planet Earth.
00:10I was an outsider, and then I tried to fit in, but I wasn't meant to fit in.
00:15It was two kids.
00:16Next day, I had my lips like this.
00:18I got beat up.
00:22Dancing helped me discover using your anger as fuel.
00:27Dancing in front of three people gives me anxiety.
00:29Fighting in front of millions of people doesn't do shit to me.
00:37They don't teach you how to be famous, so I've had to learn this shit myself.
00:40Israel Adesanya has found himself under fire for trash-talking.
00:45All these cameras on me and shit.
00:46He wears his emotions on his sleeve, and in this sport, that's pretty abnormal.
00:53I still struggle. I'm just fighting through everything.
00:56I have to make him understand what's going to keep him focused is his love for the sport.
01:01He never let me not be me.
01:03I remind myself I'm human. I'm able to just go forth in my life.
01:10I want to represent for my younger self, because I remember feeling helpless.
01:15Only a few have managed to beat that demon.
01:20If you're in front of me, I'm going to use you as a canvas to show off my art.
01:24You're going to change after this?
01:26This haircut though, man. I swear.
01:30I'm chasing greatness.
01:34I find comfort in the uncomfortable.
01:39I've got his back.
01:41I will make today count.
01:46Israel Adesanya.
01:48Try and put me in a box.
01:50That's the story you're telling yourself, but that's not the truth.