Dricus du Plessis has aimed a dig at Israel Adesanya after the Nigerian cried at the press conference ahead of their UFC 305 middleweight title fight.
The Nigerian fighter burst into tears during an emotional press conference ahead of the fight in New ZealandIsrael Adesanya will have a long day on social media today after he was seen in tears at the press conference ahead of his title fight against Dricus du Plessis at UFC 305.
The two Africans will clash in a title fight in the middleweight division on Saturday evening, and things got personal between them during the press conference. Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya during the press conference of their UFC 305 title fight. Photo by Jeff Bottari.while Adesanya, despite being born in Nigeria, relocated to New Zealand as a child, which made his opponent taunt him that he grew up rich and asked if he would come to the fight with his servants.The statement stuck an emotional chord in the Nigerian and brought tears to his eyes as seen in a video shared by“He touched a subject there because I do this for my family.
However, he picked himself up as a man and told his opponent that even with tears on his face, he would take him down before storming out of the press room.Du Plessis began the social media banter immediately after the press conference and had been throwing hooks at Adesanya on X.The fight is for bragging rights, and if Du Plessis wins, UFC president Dana White promises that an event will be hosted in his home country of South Africa.Viginia Akinyi is the current import editor at Briefly News.
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