On today's chart 121K views since yesterday

Israel Adesanya builds a camp of his own: "It's all on me"

Hill sprints, sea swims and targeted grappling work reveal a new training setup that Adesanya says has brought the fun back.

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Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 121,467 views.

Inside Look at Israel Adesanya's NEW Training Camp

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0:25Resting in recovery sleeves, Adesanya explains why a team tailored around him has made training more enjoyable.
3:15Adesanya and Christian Lapham alternate hill repeats with heavy battle ropes before a later swim in the sea.
9:03At Unity MMA, Byron Chivers focuses the grappling session on half-guard defence and escaping chest-to-chest control.
10:42Force-plate jump tests and rotational medicine-ball throws precede the cage session.
12:04Sparring gives way to a locker-room reflection on leaving City Kickboxing and taking personal responsibility.

Israel Adesanya is resting in recovery leg sleeves when he explains what has changed. The new team is tailored around him, and the work feels different: "This is the best I've felt in a very long time, for real."

His new FREESTYLEBENDER training vlog has drawn roughly 121,000 views in its first 16 hours. After announcing his planned return to fighting, Adesanya is opening the doors to the camp behind it, with Andrei Paulet identified as head coach.

The enjoyment doesn't mean an easier morning. Strength and conditioning coach Bill Smart pairs hill repeats with battle ropes, explaining that running alone doesn't address the fatigue fighters feel in their arms. Adesanya and middleweight Christian Lapham grind through the combination, joke about the effort and later cool off in the sea. Somewhere between those assignments, Adesanya finds time for an Adrien Broner impersonation.

At Unity MMA, the grappling work has a specific problem to solve. Jiu-jitsu coach Byron Chivers is concentrating on half-guard defence and getting out from beneath chest-to-chest control. Adesanya compares working through those problems to the pressure of primary-school maths questions. Force-plate jump tests, rotational medicine-ball throws and cage sparring complete the picture.

But the most revealing passage comes after the sparring. In the locker room, Adesanya reflects on leaving City Kickboxing and accepting responsibility for his own decisions. "It's all on me. I can't hide behind anyone."

That gives the training montage its point: this isn't only a change of gym scenery. Adesanya says he needed to take ownership and learn from past mistakes, while describing the custom setup as his most enjoyable camp in years.

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The facts

Channel: FREESTYLEBENDER
Subscribers: 1,360,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 1,131,234
Channel views, pace per day: 172,803 (on a normal day: 217,788)
Video published: November 5, 2026
Video views so far: 105,162 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 152,249

The numbers

The new camp vlog has attracted a substantial audience in its opening hours. Its comment section has also passed the channel's usual full first-day total.

subscribers

1,360,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

324,125,713

views per day

172,803

typical day: 217,788

the video

views

105,162

likes