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Israel Adesanya and Dricus Du Plessis (Image Source: Twitter)
Dricus Du Plessis had a great night at UFC 290 as he defeated the former titleholder Robert Whittaker with a second-round TKO. But, after that, things got heated up as the undisputed middleweight champion Israel Adesanya went face-to-face with Du Plessis at the Octagon.
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He was seen saying: “This is my African brother right here,” Adesanya said on the mic, right in front of Du Plessis’ face. “Let’s go, n—a. What’s up, bitch? Let’s go, n—a. Yeah, n—a! What’s up, n—?! The f—k you gonna do, n—a?? Yeah, my African brother!” Regarding that, Du Plessis opened up and blasted him while talking to reporters.
“I’m a man. And I’ll behave like a man.” - Dricus Du Plessis
He said: “He’s behaving like a clown in there. That’s not how a champion behaves. That’s not how a man behaves. He’s behaving like a child. Conduct yourself like a champion. There are people looking up to you, and you’re behaving like that? No. If that sells tickets, good for him. I’ll sell tickets my way. I’m a gentleman. I’m a man. And I’ll behave like a man.”
However, Adesanya set his sight on Du Plessis after his UFC 287 win over Alex Pereira. He said: “I want to whoop his ass so bad. I want to whoop his ass so bad; I want to do it in South Africa or Nigeria. But he’s gotta do work. He’s gotta do something, show me something, so I can whoop that ass. And I can show you history. I’ll remind you, because you gotta choose your words wisely, when you speak on people that have come before you, people that paved the way for you. I don’t want to give him no clout, but if he does work—and I pray to God he keeps winning—I will gladly drag his carcass across South Africa.”
Meanwhile, the UFC president, Dana White has shown support to Adesanya’s actions. “He’s being black. He’s black. Who gives a shit? I could care less. This is the fight business. Israel Adesanya can say whatever he wants to say. Who gives a shit? Are people bitching about that? Of course, they are. Too f—ng bad,” he concluded.