The eagerly anticipated bout between Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland is almost here. The two middleweight stars are set to face off on September 9, 2023, at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. Adesanya and Strickland are popular not only as great fighters but also as great trash talkers in the promotion. Their verbal sparring is indeed adding fuel to the excitement of the upcoming middleweight title clash.

Interestingly, both of them excel at striking, promising the MMA community an explosive contest. ‘Stylebender’ is the current middleweight king who climbed to this top position after triumphing over his arch-rival, Alex Pereira. Recently, Strickland commented on a controversial old video of Adesanya with his late dog. The video shocked the MMA community, and they condemned the middleweight kingpin. Now, a recently surfaced post by ‘Stylebender’ from 2015 has made many raise their eyebrows.

The controversial post of Israel Adesanya

Many believe that Adesanya is going to win against Strickland in UFC 293. However, since ‘Tarzan’ is someone who would destroy his opponent using his words, the MMA community is eagerly waiting for the pre-fight press conference. Moreover, before the bout came to fruition, Strickland made sure that he tarnished the reputation of Adesanya by commenting on an old video of the champion with his late dog. The controversial footage showed Adesanya cuddling with his dog on a sofa and later fondling his genitals. The footage resurfaced ahead of the bout, and Strickland reacted to it.

Now, another old post by Adesanya has resurfaced on Reddit, which is capturing the attention of fight fans due to the weird caption put by the middleweight kingpin. Eight years ago, ‘Stylebender’ posted a photo of his dog, Milli, on social media on his birthday.

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Along with the post he wrote, “If this dog could speak… the things he could snitch bout me. But he won’t cuz he’s my best friend. 3 years old today and he could give zero fucks bout it #freemilli.” When the fight fans came across the old tweet, they were disgusted by the actions of ‘Stylebender.’

Fans react to the tweet of UFC middleweight champion

One Reddit user said that it’s hard to watch Adesanya behaving in an unacceptable way with his dog after being his fan. While another fan claimed that there was nothing left to defend the middleweight kingpin. A fan felt that things were getting out of hand as more weird posts of him with his dog surfaced.

• “Us Adesanya fans seeing this post after constantly defending him”
• “Bro there ain’t no defending this fool anymore”
• “This is going beyond what thought was possible”

A fan was bewildered when Adesanya actually posted a video of him touching the genitals of his dog. Another fan pulled the leg of ‘Stylebender’ by mentioning that he would play the song “Who Let the Dogs Out” for his walkout. A fan even compared Jon Jones and Adesanya.

• “Guy literally recorded himself molesting a dog, and some of you are still defending him. Y’all are sus.
• “If Izzy knows what’s good for him he’ll play “Who lets the dogs out” for his walk out.”
• “If Jon Jones still has fans, Adesanya definitely still”

One of the Reddit users was highly excited about the pre-fight press conference, as there are high chances for Strickland to humiliate Adesanya about the resurfaced posts.

• “I’m so happy all this stuff is coming out right in time for the press conference with Desean Strickland”

The fans felt that Adesanya’s actions were unacceptable. They felt that people who were defending the middleweight champion were strange. It is clear that the resurfaced videos and posts have indeed turned many against the Nigerian fighter. What is your take on Adesanya’s old tweet? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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