Video: How unpleasant was Israel Adesanya’s racially charged faceoff with Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290?

Video: How unpleasant was Israel Adesanya’s racially charged faceoff with Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290?

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Dricus Du Plessis had beef with Israel Adesanya for weeks priorto their Saturday faceoff.

But now the heat actually is going to be turned up.

After his dominant win over previous champ Robert Whittaker at UFC 290, Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC) punched his ticket to a title battle with Adesanya (24-2 MMA, 13-2 UFC). Then things got unsightly.

Adesanya was born in Nigeria in Africa, however lives and trains in New Zealand. Du Plessis was born in South Africa and has lived there his entire life. That truth is what has triggered stress inbetween the 2.

That boiled over Saturday when the UFC brought Adesanya into the cage for a faceoff with Du Plessis. Among the garbage talk from Adesanya was around a doze

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