Off the back of a stunning second round TKO win over former undisputed champion Robert Whitaker, the South African contender, Dricus du Plessis lashed out at the behavior of the reigning champion, Israel Adesanya – vowing to “control” the City Kickboxing staple in a planned championship showdown.
Featured on the main card of UFC 290 last night, Pretoria native du Plessis turned in his sixth straight Octagon victory, defeating former undisputed champion Whitaker in an eventual second round TKO win over the fan-favorite challenger in an official title eliminator for the husband.
And after his stunning win, which came with his third consecutive win inside the octagon, du Plessis took on the champion, Adesanya – the latter using the n-word on multiple occasions during a tense and heated confrontation between the two teams. the couple.
Dricos du Plessis criticizes Israel Adesanya’s behavior at UFC 290
Expected to be firmly on a collision course for a fight at UFC 293 in September in Sydney, Australia – du Plessis has since vowed to “manhandle” Adesanya in the planned title case, questioning the title holder’s overall conduct.
“He (Israel Adesanya) knows what strength I am in there,” said Dricos du Plessis. bundled media After UFC 290. “You can feel the energy, I can feel how insignificant he is to me when we get into that cage. I’m ready for anything. Whatever he says – he acts like a clown in there. That’s not how a champion acts, that’s not how The way a man acts, he acts like a child. Acts like a hero. There are people looking at you, and you act like that?”
“I’m going to kick him out like I did tonight,” explained Dricos du Plessis. “You know, if it’s not – we saw his fight with Alex Pereira, if I put him down, it wouldn’t even be a fight. It wouldn’t even be a fight – if I got my hands on him, it wouldn’t even be a fight. I’ll deal with it. I did.” It’s been done before and I’ll do it again.”