UFC's biggest grudge match of the year draws closer.
Israel Adesanya will challenge again for the middleweight throne when he takes on champion Dricus Du Plessis in the main event of UFC 305 on August 17.press conference
for the event on July 3. During this, Adesanya and Du Plessis came together for their first official face-off, a heated display that saw the fighters square off for over a minute. Tempers were always flared between Adesanya and Du Plessis as they potshotted each other with remarks about their heritage. Du Plessis, a native South African, and Adesanya, a Nigerian-born Kiwi, repeatedly had verbal spats about who was a rightful African fighter/champion. It's been an ugly, racially-fuelled rivalry with a lot of steam.
The drama peaked during the conclusion of Du Plessis' victory over Robert Whittaker at UFC 290. Adesanya burst into the Octagon and berated his rival with racial slurs. Though, in MMA, things don't always go as planned. Adesanya lost his title to Sean Strickland, who then lost it to Du Plessis at UFC 297. Now, the two fiery middleweights will have a chance to settle the feud in Perth, Australia this August.
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