Israel Adesanya Confronts Dricus Du Plessis’ Lies; Rues Missed UFC 300 Fight Against African Rival

Dricus Du Plessis won the middleweight title against Sean Strickland at UFC 297 and he also announced that he was ready to fight at UFC 300. However, then he changed his decision and said that he would much rather focus on UFC Africa and also mentioned an opponent that he would want to fight. He called on Israel Adesanya for a fight. 

However, Adesanya retaliated against DDP after accusations of declining the UFC title fight in Africa. The duo has always been on a collision course long before their confrontation in UFC 290. The rivalry started when the ‘Last Stylebender’ was the middleweight champion and DDP had called him out, promising to become the next African champion and bring the belt back to Africa. They were expected to fight against each other even in UFC 300 and Israel Adesanya was ready, but ‘Stillknocks’ believed he was not prepared and declined. This didn’t rub off Adesanya well, and it showed in the latest video.

Israel Adesanya fires up at Dricus Du Plessis

In the latest video, Adesanya and Dan Hooker sat down to breakdown the UFC 300 early prelims. During the start of the video, ‘The Last Stylebender’ commenced with an introduction. This is when he called out DDP and said, “ UFC 300, it’s the big one. I mean, I know where I watch UFC 100. I know where I watch UFC two hundred and now we know we are going to be watching UFC 300. It would have been nice if all D P**sy Would have been like, yeah, let’s fight.”

He also called out his opponent and said that apparently, DDP thought that Adesanya did not want to fight him on African soil. Then he contested and said, “He said something like, ‘I guess he didn’t want to fight me – the King of Africa – in home soil.’ N***a, you didn’t want to fight me on home soil [at UFC 293], so shut the f*** up!”

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After defeating Robert Whittaker, ‘Stillknocks’ was on for a title shot, but Du Plessis was not ready during that particular time frame. After that, Adesanya lost to Sean Strickland in UFC 293. However, there is news that Du Plessis is seeking out Adesanya.

Du Plessis called for a bout

Recently, DDP called for a bout and perhaps he does have a chance to get back and go to Africa. He shared a post on his Instagram handle and said, “Looks like someone wants another beating in Aus. I’m in, I also wouldn’t want to fight the king of Africa on home soil. Manifestations working good for you AGAIN!”

He even said that he was ready to take Adesanya to Australia as well. Meanwhile, Adesanya is training away from the octagon. Their fight might go down at UFC 305 and fans will be able to see the bout that they have been waiting for.

Are you willing to watch it? Are both of them riling each other up because they know the fight is going to happen in the future? What is your take on this?

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