There seems to be no end to the verbal war between Israel Adesanya and Dricus du Plessis. Recently, the two got into a heated debate regarding who defeated whom in their training session in Thailand. ‘Stillknocks’ who is slowly growing into a prominent UFC fighter claims that he was the winner. With a record of 19 victories and just two losses, he is now set to fight one of the greatest fighters in the UFC. It is none other than the former UFC middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker. Whittaker and du Plessis are all set to square off at UFC 290. The winner between the two will get to fight the current UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya. Adesanya is eagerly waiting to lock horns with du Plessis, as the two have had heated debates on a number of issues.

Their rivalry began when ‘Stillknocks’ stated that Adesanya, Kamaru Usman, and Francis Ngannou were not true Africans. He questioned the African heritage of all three, as none of them lives or trains in Africa. Recently, the two fighters again got into a debate about who was dominant against whom when they trained together in 2014. Now, the UFC bantamweight star, Sean O’Malley,  has shown his support for  Adesanya in the whole debate.

Sean O’Malley takes the side of Israel Adesanya

The debate between du Plessis and Adesanya started when ‘Stylebender’ sat down with MMA Fighting and talked about his training days in Thailand. The UFC champion detailed that he trained with ‘Stillknocks’ in 2014. According to Adesanya, du Plessis dominated the grappling session while he dominated the striking session. Later in an interview with ‘The Schmo’, Dricus du Plessis mentioned that they had not gone for any striking sessions and that it was just grappling, which he dominated.

Now, O’Malley has expressed his views on the whole matter. ‘Suga’ said, “Sparred Izzy in Thailand when he was 19 and supposedly manhandled him supposedly. Izzy confirmed that Plessis has beat him in grappling exchanges. Thing about that dude especially that long ago it doesn’t even f*cking matter. What happens in the gym, especially if it’s just grappling or if it’s just kickboxing.“

Talking further on the same matter, O’Malley added, “It’s like gym, that doesn’t necessarily translate into a fight into a cage into that big moment. When you guys fight and it was a long time ago, Izzy probably was just kickboxing, so I mean you can’t really think too much of that. I think Izzy smokes DDP.” ‘Suga’ felt that there was no point in debating about something that happened years ago. According to him, over time Adesanya has showcased tremendous growth as a fighter, and now he is capable of defeating ‘Stillknocks.’

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UFC 290 is going to be a game changer, as the fight will decide if Dricus du Plessis and Adesanya will fight each other, as the winner of the fight will get a title shot. Do you think that the bout between Israel Adesanya and Dricud du Plessis will come to fruition?

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