Israel Adesanya has controversially vowed to beat up UFC rival Dricus Du Plessis "until he is black" for comments he made about being the first African champion in the promotion.
Du Plessis asked if Adesanya and Kamaru Usman's UFC world titles ever went to Africa as the two fighters are African-born but reside in America and New Zealand respectively. Both Adesanya and Usman have since given scathing responses to Du Plessis questioning their nationality and 'The Last Stylebender' has vowed to torture Du Plessis, who is born and raised in South Africa, for his comments.
“I already talked to Dana [White], tried to set up some things:” Adesanya said on his YouTube channel. “I never discredited him as an African. You want to make a fight? Cool. But the fact that as a f****** cracker, to tell me who the f*** I am, that p***ed me off, and that’s why he’s my next fight. I don’t want to fight anyone else.
