Israel Adesanya continues to take pictures at Dricus Du Plessis.
Adesanya and Du Plessis have been going back and forth about being African fighters with Du Plessis considering himself the “real” African fighter in the UFC. It didn’t sit well with Adesanya who said he eventually wanted to drag Du Plessis’ corpse across South Africa.
Now, speaking of YouTube channelIsrael Adesanya revealed that he has spoken to the UFC in an effort to make the fight happen. However, Du Plessis was eventually booked to face Robert Whitaker in a number one contenders match instead. With that said, The Last Stylebender says he’s aiming for Du Plessis to win because he wants to be his next opponent.
“I’m going to take him to school, in the octagon and in history,” said Adesanya. “What it does is create division. You can’t know your history, I never asked it as an African, because you were born in Africa. South Africa. Of course you are African. I never suspected it. But who is this hacker to tell me who I am? Who is the f**k Kamaru, who is f**k Ngannou? I’m like, ‘Are you stupid? As a result of colonialism, you’re trying to tell me who I am.’
“You can take the boy out of Africa,” Adesanya continued, “but you can never take Africa out of the boy.” “I never did that to him. I never discredited him as an African. Well, there you go. Cool. You want to fight? Cool. But the fact that as a crack, for telling me who I am, pissed me off, and that’s why he’s my next fight. I don’t want to fight any Another person. This person is bothering me.”
As mentioned, Du Plessis is set to face Robert Whitaker at UFC 290 in July. Dana White announced that the winner will face Israel Adesanya later this year, which the champion is looking forward to.
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