Israel Adesanya is a Nigerian-born New Zealand professional martial artist. Talking about his ethnicity, he belong to Yoruba with African roots.
The 32-year-old Israel Adesanya was born as Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya. He was blessed to an upper-class family, on 22 July 1989, in Lagos, Nigeria, and holds Nigerian New Zealander nationality.
Adesanya is one of the five children of his father, Oluwafemi, and his mother, Taiwo. Before, his family relocated to Ghana for 10 months, and later, they settled in Rotorua, New Zealand.
Israel’s father Oluwafemi is an account by profession, in New Zealand. While his mother, Taiwo serves as a nurse.
Israel Adesanya described himself as multilingual. He fluently speaks Yoruba, Nigerian Pidgin, and English.
