Israel Adesanya watched UFC Atlanta from the consolation of his sofa to assist his former “Three Kings” stablemate Kamaru Usman. “The Nigerian Nightmare” captured a five-round unanimous determination victory over Joaquin Buckley, with Adesanya directing some fairly unflattering commentary towards “New Mansa.”
The ex-middleweight champion admitted he may be a “hater.”
“I hate this (expletive) bro. I don’t even use the phrase hate frivolously, however I hate this (expletive),” Adesanya stated on YouTube. “One thing about him simply f**king annoys me. Coolest factor he’s ever performed is that kick and I respect that. I’m simply attempting to sit back, speak, and he’s like rapping to me. Each single time. He’s simply so f**king annoying. At one level, I actually simply walked away as he was speaking, and I feel he didn’t like that, so then he went in opposition to me since then however f**okay the dude. Perhaps I’m a hater bro, perhaps I’m only a hater.”
Adesanya was referring to this hall-of-fame worthy spotlight reel.
“Hate the farmer that took yo belt (expletive) not me,” Buckley, 31, replied on social media. “Stand on enterprise ‘bout Africa or China or wherever the f*ck you from b*tch.”
Buckley (21-7) additionally stated transferring up from welterweight to combat Adesanya was “not a nasty concept.”
Adesanya (24-5), who turns 36 in only a few weeks, has not competed since dropping to Nassourdine Imavov by the use of technical knockout within the UFC Saudi Arabia predominant occasion. His loss to “The Sniper” marked the third straight for “The Final Stylebender,” who just isn’t but booked to make his Octagon return.
Adesanya vs. Buckley … who needs it?