Israel Adesanya let his emotions get the better of him at the UFC 305 pre-fight press conference.
‘The Last Stylebender’ will try to become a three-time middleweight champion and make a piece of history when he takes on current titleholder Dricus du Plessis in Perth on Saturday night.
On Friday morning, the two men came together to promote the event at a UFC 305 press conference and their trash talk got extremely personal.
African heritage has been at the heart of the feud with du Plessis, who lives and trains in South Africa and views himself as the first real UFC champion from the continent.
Adesanya has been irked by that as a Nigerian who moved with his family to New Zealand for a better life when he was younger.
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When Adesanya was asked if we would be taking his belt home to Nigeria after UFC 305, du Plessis interjected and suggested his opponent grew up rich.
‘DDP’ asked if his rival would be taking his ‘servants’ with him.
When the camera panned back to Adesanya he looked emotional.
“He touched a subject there because I do this for my family,” he said with tears streaming down his face.
“I do this for my people I love, and I’ll fight for you forever, I swear to god.”
The 35-year-old owned his emotions and continued to give a passionate speech, despite the fact his voice kept cracking.
Adesanya added: “I am a human being. I am a man.”
“I can cry and whoop you’re a*** at the same time.
“I’m going to f***ing kill your dreams, b****. I wanna f***ing kill your dream.”
Adesanya then dropped his mic and stormed off the stage – but he had to return moments later for a staredown with the man who upset him.
Thankfully, the two men were able to stand inches away from one another without getting the UFC 305 main event started early.
Du Plessis mocked Adesanya as soon as he got the chance.
“Come on guys stop crying at the press conferences it’s not that serious,” he tweeted immediately after the press conference.
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