I. Adesanya in a press conference. Photo: Reproduction/YouTube UFC
The middleweight champion (up to 83,9kg.), Israel adesanya, acknowledged the mistake and apologized after the unfortunate 'joke' involving the tragic episode that occurred on September 11, 2001, in the United States. In an attempt to provoke Yoel romero, his rival for the UFC 248, which takes place on March 7, the Nigerian ended up making reference to the 'Twin Towers' (World Trade Center), which were toppled after an aerial attack carried out by Osama bin Laden. The retraction was made on his official Instagram account.
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“I have never made a joke about people dying or belittled the tragic event that was 11/XNUMX. I was simply reflecting and my brain worked faster than my mouth at one point to choose the wrong comment. You speak into the microphone several times and you will definitely miss your target a few times. I did it this time and I'm sorry about it. I will be more careful with my words in the future”, published the champion.
Israel's comment had negative repercussions and ended up irritating another major rival. The Brazilian Paulo borrachinha, upon learning of Adesanya's statement, went to social media and stated that he will make the champion pay for the bad joke.
Provocations aside, Israel continues to prepare to carry out its first title defense since winning the fight against Robert whittaker in dispute for the unification of the middleweight title, in October last year, for UFC 243.
The Nigerian remains undefeated in his professional MMA record. In total, there are 18 fights and no defeats. Romero, in turn, is coming off two consecutive setbacks. The 42-year-old Cuban currently has 17 appearances, with 14 wins and three defeats.
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