People not understanding that DDP said "i am the real African fighter in The UFC" literally meaning that he is saying Adesanya and Usman and Francis (when he was here) are NOT African people is crazy. *He didnt have to cause a divide but he did*
@@PrinceVegapeople forget that he did the exact same thing to whittaker that he is now criticizing ddp for. If race really matters to him, yes, ddp ancestors came from netherlands probably 400-500 years ago. But whittaker is literally half maori.
So if a Nazi decendent says he's more Israeli than a Israeli because he lives in Israel and the Israeli lives somewhere else. Would you think that's anti semitism?
@@petboy5839 Nazi is an political ideology not a race, isreali is a nationality not a political ideology. Talking about a German who lived there whole life in Israel vs someone who is a jew and lived in amarica his whole life then of course... The German is more Isreali. He might not be Jewish or Palestinian but he's more isreali. On top of this.. It's not even a good comparison at all cause we have been in Africa for the past 400 years longer than the modern existence of Israel.
@@rikussmit4733 I thought about using German but I used decendent of a known Nazi. But it's whatever. You should get my meaning. Anyway when a decendent of colonizers who were no different from Nazis says he's more African than a black African it's gonna pissed a lot of people off to the point where they gonna want his head on a platter. You gotta understand Izzy is pissed. Apartheid wasn't that long ago. The wound from apartheid is still fresh.
He just wants to keep the belt in Africa, not have it go to another country a week later. Izzy claims he’s a kiwi, african, nd Chinese, dricus just saying he’s an African who’s tryna hold the belt there. Plus izzy got easily offended nd started calling him a cracker, now imagine if rolls reversed.
But Izzy CAN do that because those 3 places made HIM who he is today. He was born and raised as a Nigerian. He grew up as a Kiwi & made his career in China. Just because he did so doesn’t not take away from the belt being in Africa. If I remember, he would walk in with a Nigerian flag. If a man has pride in his race then why come for it and then hide your hand when it becomes racial? It’s ironic that it’s a black man because no one does this to the Brazilians who have been training and living in the US for over 10 years.
@double0double0 Exactly. Nobody questions the Brazilians that live in Florida lol. Nobody questions the Mexicans from Cali. Etc etc. Still Brazilian. Still Mexican. Suddenly the black man was forced to move from his home land by his parents as a child and now he's the one getting questioned.
if u from a rich first world country nobody gives a f about your identity -obsessed, corporate media spun, hollywoodized perspective about africa. U don't get to tell people in the third world who is African and who isn't. Especially when if u went there u would just be a nervous little tourist too scared to leave ur hotel. U have no clue what goes on in safrica no idea what where dricus is from is like, and ur nacho cheese perspective and opinions about safrica are stupid lol. Izzy lives in rich comfortable new zealand, that's very very very very fkn different to living in safrica
Naa dricus is wrong for that he literally sending shots for no reason as if Nigerians on other Africans do t flee their countries for a better life guys living in a colonised nice civil part of South Africa Kevin the high life but looking down on Izzy. Africans unprovoked the question they asked iPhone wasn’t even about it
If youre a true Africans you'd be offended by DDP knowing history and what even goes on now in south Africa, for him to claim African origin. Hes product of hatred and colonization !! His family still definitely has ties to opression there 99% sure bout that.
DDP really said “ did those belts ever go to Africa? “ I could’ve sworn once Francis beat stipe for the title he went to Cameroon and had a parade in his city 😂 so therefore DDP was being disrespectful first because if he really cared about Africa and what Africa has done in the UFC he would’ve known that already
@@joshreyes4647Francis lives in Africa my guy if you really watched his documentary he fly there on and off to visit his mom and family he knows there . He fights professionally just like DDP does so they leave to America and other countries on and off to train and fight . This is not rocket science . DDP was being overly aggressive and being disrespectful first by calling them out and now wants to act innocent when they defend there selves
Identity-obsessed, first-world mericans telling people in the third world who gets to be African and who doesn't. If dricus was talking about South America nobody would take issue but bcos it's like omg afriiiiiikkaaa bro like jah rasta bro! Can't say that about Africa! They the real Racists lol
@@liamgilchrist8818 I felt the fight with Kevin had him in a lot more trouble even though Alex finished him. He still looked more composed right up until the KO. What do you think?
@@jesusisking8502 yeah I'd say the Kevin fight was a lot harder for adesanya in terms of the actual fight its just the history with Alex that made that fight so hard but yeah rightly said he looked composed up until the finish
Ya’ll are overthinking. Izzy is like Michael Jordan. He needs fuel to get hyped for a fight. He has been dominating for so long, he needs something. Thats what goats too, find something to take personally.
if you need to bring race into a conversation to get hyped for a fight, maybe just maybe you should go see a psychiatrist and grow up a few years in your head before trying to be a role model for millions of people.
“ did any of those belts ever go to Africa “ Francis brought his belt to Cameroon soil if you were really supporting your other African brothers he would’ve knew that 😂 DDP is a hater lowkey
Dricus in that interview "I will be the REAL african champion" Every interview after "All I said was I will be the first person to train out of Africa"
@@GG-iz3wp I mean straight up man. MMA is a place where we can feel safe from the bullshit, sensitive cancel-culture vibe of the world. These fuckers can say whatever the fuck they want, then answer for their words in the octagon. It's a huge reason I love UFC so much. I don't agree with everything everybody says, but love that they have the freedom to do so. It needs to stay that way.
At what point did the guy say the word “REAL” ? Unless it’s from another interview or somewhere else I never heard him say this quote that everyone is saying he said but I rewatched this clip 3 times I never heard him use the word REAL (African) 🤷♂️
People not understanding that DDP said "i am the real African fighter in The UFC" literally meaning that he is saying Adesanya and Usman and Francis (when he was here) are NOT African people is crazy. *He didnt have to cause a divide but he did*
Strange I don’t remember him using the word ‘real’ must of watched a different video lmao. Usman trains in America, so does Ngannou, Izzy trains in NZ. Driccus trains in Africa 😊
That's fine that being said he was asked are bummed about Gold in Africa and he stated facts but the tone and word selection was that if us and them me and yall, so we can suger coat but he wasn't speaking in the sense of me and me fellow Africans it was me and those guys that used to live here and that's okay, he can have a view He can also catch hands at ufc Sydney It's all good
@@thedeep2202 But they're still Africans lol, born there, speak the language, part of the culture. By that logic if you train in Thailand for your fights your a Thai now.
Basically in the eyes of Izzy being born and having ancestry is enough to be an African champion Dricus believe u need more that is living and training out of Based of both their words they both agree they are African but differ on criteria for African champion They both make points worth thinking on but if you go deeper a former beneficiary of Apartheid which ended in 1994 telling a black man he isn't meeting full criteria of an African champion is unsettling And before any 1 says Dricus didn't set a criteria He said born, living and training out of is an African champion by his metric Izzy has one metric ticked by Izzy u can take the boy out of Africa but not Africa out the boy so all metrics
@@thedeep2202 well ok if it makes it better he said "i am the african fighter in the UFC" as in "i am *the* and personally i took that as him saying dismissing their identity. FFs Izzy has Africa on his chest as a tatoo. Weird how he just had to say that and cause divide.
@@chikeokjr24I want to know are you really a true African, because if you are you would understand the concept of what he and his team have said, how many Brazilian fighters or Mexican fighters live in their country and have you ever heard them talk out of there asses. Ddp need to stop creating divisions
I confess i like the way the way Dricus stired the hornets nest with his comments. He is obviously a bit bold to assert that any black man is less African than him, but he also hit a nerve lol. Afrikaners are known for being very forthright and straightforward in what they say but that seemed like some pretty good trolling.
I'm with Dricus, he hasnt said anything wrong. People are trying to push the wrong narrative given how easily people follow any false narratives and get triggered nowadays but DDP hasnt offended anyone and hasnt said anything but facts
Dude (duplessi) over there living in a country that practically invented the words discrimination, and white privilege. But wants to criticize Africans who needed to leave to make a better life. Francis was working in a whole damn mine as a child in Africa while duplessi was probably on some beach somewhere. Dude played the race card and I don't like the fact that he can play it into a title shot. So personally as much I like Izzy and Rob, I'm not interested in seeing any of Duplessi's fights. This is prize fighting and I know this kind of thing sells tickets. But I'm not interested.
@@xD3borahx you sound like a moron, I'll leave you alone but don't worry you'll have plenty of company on the net...and by the way learn to speak english, idiot.
They can’t control their emotions. It’s a violent race that needs us. If we left them on their own, they’d still be in the jungle dying at the age of 30. They don’t have one successful nation of their own. Every neighborhood they take, becomes violent, dirty, but it’s the white man’s fault because white man bad.
Bad look for Izzy but he also has to sell the fight because nobody is paying for this guy they pay to watch Izzy. Like it or not most fans want the guys to hate eachother. Izzy shouldn’t be sensitive to others words but also a lot of fighters need something to motivate them. Michael Jordan used to look for anything and anyone to use as motivation to get mad
People are acting like being called a nigga is the worse thing in the world. It's slang. Blacks who use it refer to everyone that way. It's not the word with "er" at the end and he said it after calling him his african brother.
i agree with this 100%. izzy has stated before he finds an issue with his opponent to fuel him. comparable to the way michael jordan would, like u said. a lotta ppl are jumping on his ass for his shit talk at ufc 290 but he’s only hyping the fight. he’s fully accepted the duty and role of a superstar - put asses in seats, whether they love or hate you is irrelevant. it’s kind of a noble sacrifice for a means of our enjoyment if u think about it
as a yoruba man izzy was born royalty in the continent where the sun never sleeps... they rather take a slap than have their ancestral lineage insulted by a foreigner... believe me it runs in their blood . for reference read the book THE GODS ARE NOT TO BE BLAMED by ola rotimi . a story of a boy who killed a man who insulted his tribe only to find the man he killed was his real father ... druicus should apologise because this might not end well.
I saw his explanation in some of his intrviews. But to think he mentions 2 white men as the only Africans in denial of the 3 most successful African MMA fighters, that was a racial dig! We know how they treat blacks in SA; Apartheid wasn't a century ago. His rethoric was off by a mile.
israel gets the most hate in these build up fights and it’s straight cricket noises afterwards - he’ll shut these snowflakes up again but they’ll find a new reason to hate him 🥱 - can’t wait for dircus to get starched
Any immigrant should have the right to claim their culture, heritage, and bloodline. Its not just a label, its a part of someone's identity. You cant take that away from anyone. Example: Sterling is Jamaican American. He is an American citizen, but he grew up in a Jamaican household. It isnt a "This or that" thing.
A bit odd to claim a culture when you aren't part of it. In Europe, we have a lot of african descendants who never went to Africa, and still, claim they are. They have more in common with the french next to them than the real marocan who live in Maroc(Europe and african in a socio-cultural meaning, not an ethnicity).
@@andreiroublev2373 That's interesting. Here in the US, we have many people who grew up with their parents culture in their household. A Mexican-American might not be exactly the same as a Mexican, but they're not the same as a regular Caucasian or African-American either. Its their identity, and identity is multifaceted. Tell any Mexican here that its odd to celebrate Mexican independence day and you'd get cussed out.
A WHITE South African telling Izzy he is less African bc he doesn't live on the continent. WTF??!! A WHITE COLONIZER (RAPE, Pillaging, Occupation) trying to explain Africa to a natural BLACK African...WOW!! #BlackSouthAfrica #TeamIzzy #WhitePPLnotKnowingHistory
DDP could have paid homage to those that came before him. Its not like Francis was going to be a world champion out of that sand mine. Dracus lives in an Expat bubble and wants to undermine indigenous people with snarky comments. Let's wait and see what happens
I don't understand DDP saying he didn't mean to offend Izzy and the rest of them. He didn't have to make a statement about him being the first African to take the title home,he is no victim in all this...good thing is DDP is a good SA fighter,his style is a bit odd but he can take all the smoke.this should make a great fight.
By his logic that means every black person in diaspora ain't Cameroonians, Ghana, or Nigerians. That's highly disrespectful especially when he's a descendant of colonization and as for the division, there needs to be more of it.
@@jurmoja He is the one who started lol. What he said was out of pocket, but now that it got to Izzy he can’t backtrack that statement. Just take a look at Francis story for example. Dude was born at cameroon into nothing, had to work on a sand mine since child and had to walk kilometers just to get to school. Is he not African just because he doesn’t live there?
Hang on, I like Izzy, and to me, him calling DDP a cracker means as little as it did when he called Jones nigga, the issue is that DDP only said 'I'm the African' and elaborated that he's an African champion who would bring back the belts to permanently reside in Africa. When did he ever denounce Snooze or Izzy's heritage or standing as Africans, in that? People are taking way too much from this based on inference and assumption over when he actually said (which, not once was to belittle Snooze or Izzy, but to assert himself as an African who would intend to permanently bring the belt back to Africa).
Are you familiar with what’s known as subtext or an implication. “I’m THE African fighter in the UFC.. me and Cameron” that implies that Izzy and Usman are not African bc they do not reside there. Not hard to understand if your brain works.
@@yoaregey7296 , Izzy was being racist towards Dricus, by calling him a "cracker". He also called Jon Jones a "coon". For someone complaining about others creating division, Izzy's being a prime example on how to achieve that. He's a major hypocrite in this case.
Yeah idk what he said really wasnt that bad i think if you wana make it about skin colour thats upto you. Ddp is just saying something very basic that isnt that hard to comprehend. He lives there, he wants to be the first african residing champ whats the deal.
@@roythousand13 , Usman literally said that he's more American than Colby. Izzy said that he's more of a New Zealander than Robert Whittaker, who was born there. But as soon as Dricus said something similar, it became a problem and Dricus is being called a "racist". Keep that same energy.
@PrinceVega ,there are nationalities that are directly linked to ethnicity and/or race. Like the example I gave @kaynify. If a white guy was born and raised in Japan, does that make him JAPANESE. The answer is NO! The white guy can be a permanent resident or citizen or Japan, but he will never be Japanese. Nationalities like American and European don't have this issue because it Americans and Europeans aren't homogeneous societies. Countries like Japan, Korean, Nigeria, etc, are homogeneous!
Bro Hooker said it best in your last video: It was Dricus' team that talked out of pocket, not him. He is not a bad dude. That said, you would drag him terribly. You know damn well what is going to happen on Saturday.
I just saw Dricus say something out of pocket with my own eyes. Izzy may not disrespect Dricus’ claim of being “African” but I will. I’ve never stepped foot in Africa (yet), and I am more African than Dricus Du Plesis.
@@majorwakanda8858e worst of all of that is that it has to be a white South African that says such a stupid thing … Like "we are Africa"etc that’s some bullshit … White culture in Africa is literally just blood, killings and stealing ressources … I hope Whittaker will end that dude, if not Izzy will, I know for sure . To me he is a fraud, he should have stayed humble .
Ddp only stated facts and izzy got so butthurt because its true he has to be racist 😂 love to see him get trolled and riled up because he knows what he said he cant argue with so has to make it about colonisation like dricus had anything to do wuth it LOL
He basically waa saying in other words because izzy and kamaru doesn't reside in Africa, they aren't real African Champs. He plain out said he will be the first real African champion because he lives their, which is bullshit. Now trying to change the narrative
Why is it bullshit? Nothing is stopping Israel from going back and living in Lagos. Why is he not doing it? Dricus can go to the US and train in ATT or AKA but he is choosing to train from Pretoria. Your choices show your loyalty.
None of the 3 African champs fought out of or got their fighting skills from Africa, all 3 left & don't live there today. It's just facts. Dricus wasn't the one being racist.
Dricus tried to do that white ppl thing and create division by implying that he’s the real African , then act all harmless I hate that shit even tho he’s only there due to apartheid colonialisms
It's the classic tactic of Europeans no matter where they are in the world. They will instigate a problem and wait for a reaction. Once the target gives the reaction, they'll then play the victim and gaslight you to infinity. Du Plessis started this and now he's moving as if he's the victim because he knew fully well that his airhead fans would defend his behaviour.
Izzy I’m so proud of you speaking what’s on your heart at 290! People are going hate on you, discredit and dismiss you, and straight up play dumb when it come to what you say and feel. A lot of those folks aren’t Black and won’t give you the credit. They’ll want you to shut up and entertain them, instead of using your voice and platform. Brother I felt you, and a lot of Black folks around the world felt you. Don’t let colonizers sway you, we all know who the real Africans are. Even when we are displaced around the world, which we all know the reason for, the mother land connected us by blood.
This is quite simple. Adesanya, Usman, and many other race-hustlers can't distinguish nationality from ethnicity. Lets not talk about what DDP implied, you're not mind readers, so stop acting like it. IF you are, you'd be the first authentic psychic medium on the planet, and that ain't you. What he said was, is that he'd be the first real African champion, that is because he is literally 1) from Africa by birth, 2) currently resides in Africa, and 3) currently trains out of Africa. Therefore, the first real African champ. Keep your insecurities and projections out of it, there are enough smooth-brains getting carried on this planet already.
First thing DDP Said “ did any of those belts ever go to Africa ?” If he really cared about Africa himself he would’ve known a both Francis and kamaru took there belts there and had a parade . So DDP is the only race-hustlers here buddy you seem quite upset writing a paragraph trying to defend somebody you know is in the wrong being disrespectful first
A white man trying to tell us ethnic Africans what it means to be African, lmfao. I've seen it all. Interesting how your people continuously remind the black football players in the French, English, Dutch and German national teams that they aren't Europeans but apparently your French-Huguenot Du Plessis is an African, hahaha. Absolute smooth brain.
@@Tonyjohnson2523 Going to Africa for a photo shoot, showing off the belt, and then escaping back to the USA and New Zealand is exactly what DDP is talking about, it's a fake, clout-chasing mentality. Stop calling yourself an African Champ when you abandoned Africa for a better life ages ago, and had nothing to do with your MMA career. The Adesanya types are chameleons. They're Africans when it suits them, Chinese when there's something to gain, a Kiwi when it is good advertising, etc. Get the point? DDP isn't questioning his RACE/ETHNICITY, he is questioning his NATIONALITY to Africa. Quite simple. It's only about race, because people want it to be about race, because it exposes the lack of loyalty these people have to their homeland. DDP doesn't have any of those issues, because he is a real African who never forgot where he came from.
@@tok1879lturally, birth-wise yes. His heritage is also typical for a brazilian. Mma-wise, probably half and half. He was succeesful in brazil and built his foundation, but has now lived in usa for a long time and can accredit usa for making him a complete fighter. Ddp knew he was being edgy because hes a boer and other times when fighters did what he did, they got bit of backlash as well (moreno, edwards, andrade)
Izzy blew it out of proportion , im with Dricuss on this one . his right when he said the belts are not in Africa and non of the African champs ever trained in Africa which is facts
there was no need for DDP to make that statement at all, living in another country being from Africa doesnt make you any less African.. he took shots at Izzy and Usman and later backtracked
@@macdonaldnyathi7977You get to decide what statements need to be made or not? Foh. Dricus said something benign and izzy spun the narrative with usman and made it about race because they got triggered and didnt have a good comeback. When i doubt, play the race card
Moreno and Leon we’re hero’s for becoming “first time champs” from their respective countries when we had champions like Cain and Bisping, what is so different about DDP doing the same thing? He trains in South Africa Izzy trains in New Zealand that’s the point. How are people missing the point. 🤦♂️
Im not a big Adesanya fan, im from Brazil. When Izzy did what he did to Costa i thought it was uncalled for and very fuck up. Im also a big Alex Perreira fan. But hearing Du Plessis talk made me wanna see Izzy give him the Costa treatment, this time i wont say he didnt deserved that.
If you thought Dricus didnt stand a chance againts Knuckles, what makes you think he can do ANYTHING with Izzy..... His gas tank alone wont allow him. Then there's Dricus's elementary striking, smh.
@@Sharingan392bro izzy destroys Sean I’m a huge Sean fan and even I can admit that. Nobody is saying Sean will beat izzy. But if dricus comes out and beats rob via submission or vicious ko then I think he could beat izzy too. Middleweight for a long time has been a very low division in terms of skill izzy and rob have been dominating the division easily. But izzy hasn’t fought a submission artist and dricus has crazy underrated submissions. I don’t think dricus would win right now I think izzy survives the onslaught then finishes him in the later rounds but if dricus beats rob I 100% think dricus beats izzy
The tone of disrespect, despite being a product of Apathied and a white man, De plessis deserve that Apathied confidence out of him. I pray an African man beat that crap out of him. What DDD said was unnecessarily under the belt and an Apathied language
When this guy say my people i know he talking about the dutch settlers (afrikaners) and if you look closely kamaru,izzy,francis they brought the 3 belt for the continent not juste for the Afrikaans
Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya is giving Julius Malema, he is giving Madiba before his incarceration, he is giving Muhammad Ali. He is giving Fela Anikulapo Kuti. If you know you know. He embodies the Afrikan spirit.🖤🌍 He’s only ever thus far flown the Nigerian flag into the ufc octagon. Make dem dey play.
Clearly Driscus started this! After seeing his initial comments, he clearly tried to separate himself from Izzy and kamaru because he lives there. Izzy is purely African…. over 100,000 years of history. Dricus is there for ugly reasons. Let’s be real
Facts bro he really said “ did any of those belts ever go to Africa “ Francis literally took his belt straight to Cameroon to have a parade after beating stipe the second time
if u from a rich first world country nobody gives a f about your identity -obsessed, corporate media spun, hollywoodized perspective about africa. U don't get to tell people in the third world who is African and who isn't. Especially when if u went there u would just be a nervous little tourist too scared to leave ur hotel. U have no clue what goes on in safrica no idea what where dricus is from is like, and ur nacho cheese perspective and opinions about safrica are stupid lol. Izzy lives in rich comfortable new zealand, that's very very very very fkn different to living in safrica.
@@Sebastianace-wg4sqtaking his temporarily isn’t what he meant. Ngannous belt is probably chilling in his Nevada home. Edwards said something similar about being a British champ that’s fighting out of England, Moreno something similar being a Mexican champ that’s from Mexico. But how horrible DDP says he wants to be in African champ in the sense of being born, raised, residing, and training in Africa…. Something that’s never been done. Ok usman and Izzy were born in Africa and lived there as children. So what they started training MMA in their new homes and continue to do so, Frances started training in Frances and now trains in America. DDP wants to bring a different glory to the the continent of Africa by doing something no one from Africa has ever done. Typical western first world country Victim mentality mindset at its finest from usman and Izzy who are the ones who actually attacked DDP on his race and nationality. Notice how ngannou stayed silent, just like bisping and Velazquez did. Maybe because they aren’t self entitled, arrogant fools who realize the good that an proper African champ would bring to Africa (just like the good a Mexican born champ and England trained champ brought to those countries and the sport) but Izzy and usman have huge egos and only care about themselves more than the glory of Africa.
You took the boy out of Africa, in your own words, youve never gone back despite all the money you have, you left your heritage my man and that was your choice. Thats why this hit you so hard.
DDP heavily implied that they weren't African champions. He said " Im the African fighter inside the ufc." He completely dismissed them as African because they don't live there anymore.He also questioned if their belts went to Africa. All three of them visited Africa with a belt. What he's saying about DDP is true. Especially if you consider the history of colonization and imperialism. I think DDP knew what he was saying. He crossed a line. Also think why did they leave Africa?
@joshreyes4647 That's maybe what he meant, but that's not what he said. The historical context is very important. That is why it's a sensitive subject. That's part of the reason why Izzy is mad
if u from a rich first world country nobody gives a f about your identity -obsessed, corporate media spun, hollywoodized perspective about africa. U don't get to tell people in the third world who is African and who isn't. Especially when if u went there u would just be a nervous little tourist too scared to leave ur hotel. U have no clue what goes on in safrica no idea what where dricus is from is like, and ur nacho cheese perspective and opinions about safrica are stupid lol. Izzy lives in rich comfortable new zealand, that's very very very very fkn different to living in safrica
@@joshreyes4647 I don't think you understand how incendiary and disrespectful it is for an Afrikaner Boer to try and nullify the identity of ethnic Africans when he comes from a country that oppressed the majority population for over fifty years. He knew very well the type of reaction he would get and now that he's gotten it, he's trying to back track. The nerve of an apartheid beneficiary to say such nonsense and still be seen as the victim by the fanbase tells you everything you need to know about the MMA community.
Funny how only whites can colonize...black tribes killed other black tribes and took thier land yet they are not colonizers 🤣 as if humans spawned everywhere centuries ago. the whole world is a product of colonization.
Champ, he never called you "not African"...He said "I'm taking the belt to Africa, I train in Africa, I live in Africa..." (I paraphrased and shortened). So, I don't think there's need to behave all that offended and say that he creates divide. To quote the Eagle "Stay humble brother". :)
Du Plessis looks like a slightly improved version of Vectors, but it's messy and uncoordinated. Against Adesanya (clever and experienced) he risks not making a good impression ...
“ Did any of those belts ever go to Africa ?” Franics took his belt to Cameroon and had a parade after beating stipe . So DDP did say something wrong and came off as disrespectful
most fighters took their belt to the White House, in Washington… ??? Sooo it Don’t make them the president! After a few insta pics, them & their belt will head off home!
@@xD3borahx What a foolish comment. The difference is Israel, Francis and Kamaru are all ethnic Africans. Their ancestors come from the African continent. Their lineage, ancestry, culture, language and bloodline are all African. Du Plessis is the descendant of French-Huguenots. Just because your born in Africa doesn't make you an ethnic African. If it were so, why do your people ridicule the black players that were born in France and represent their national football team?
Izzy is a Yoruba Nigerian who just lives in NZ. We are so many like that. We migrated for economic reasons and you can’t talk shit because we live there.
DDP comments doesn’t make sense! I’m an African and we are so proud even though we live out of the continent. The Africa map is tattooed on my right rips. DDP saying fact or not, he shouldn’t made such statements. The topic about race is fragile and the foundation of his history already killed over 21k people. Listen to the interviewer question then listen to DDP response. Asked about Joining the african champion but he decided to be the first African Champion
Dricus please win 🙏
Sadly, Rob will dominate him probably
People not understanding that DDP said "i am the real African fighter in The UFC" literally meaning that he is saying Adesanya and Usman and Francis (when he was here) are NOT African people is crazy. *He didnt have to cause a divide but he did*
@@STiergoofballi agreed too
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.1 Chance lol Rob by domination
@@yoaregey7296Show me the second he said "real African". You can't because he never said that and the clip is right there
Who is here after izzy's "performance" at ufc 290😂😂
What a clown.
Biggest clown in the UFC
DDP ain't the first he won't be the last bro he's just gonna make izzys documentary a little bit interesting
@@georgeajileye120 if you're willing to watch a documentary about adesanya you deserve it. 🤣🤣🤣
izzy is the character from an anime first season.
That aged well! 👨🏿🦲
Izzy then: I don't question him as an African
Izzy now: ..........
I thought Izzy was Chinese? At least that’s what he said in his commercial.
Don't forget that he's also a Maori and he's more of a New Zealander than Whittaker, who was born there.
@@PrinceVegapeople forget that he did the exact same thing to whittaker that he is now criticizing ddp for. If race really matters to him, yes, ddp ancestors came from netherlands probably 400-500 years ago. But whittaker is literally half maori.
Izzy got a china pass
It’s very convenient for the gaybender to be Chinese or Māori or African when it suits his narrative
@@Gunslinger209 izzy gives non blacks like joe rogan a jigga pass. So he gets a china pass.
Dricus beef was too heavy Izzy had to squash the beef with jbj
Cuz he watched bones dominate gane he didn’t want to get his ass kicked
@@powwowcritic13”Izzy is my favorite fighter”
- Jon Jones
Just a friendly reminder that the only one that resorted to racial slurs here was Izzy
David with that zinger though!
Yeah? And what "Slur" was that?
@@yamabushiwarrior996Yeah, I guess calling someone white a "Cra#ker" is acceptable now. You Hippocrates & your double standards.
@@yamabushiwarrior996c*****r
He called him a “Cracka”. Izzy is a straight up racist bro, but cos he’s black he gets away with it
i dont like Dricus but i dont think he meant it that way... izzy started talking about colonization lmao
hahahahaha I also lmao. I hope hes ready to get colonized in the ring
So if a Nazi decendent says he's more Israeli than a Israeli because he lives in Israel and the Israeli lives somewhere else. Would you think that's anti semitism?
@@petboy5839 Nazi is an political ideology not a race, isreali is a nationality not a political ideology. Talking about a German who lived there whole life in Israel vs someone who is a jew and lived in amarica his whole life then of course... The German is more Isreali. He might not be Jewish or Palestinian but he's more isreali. On top of this.. It's not even a good comparison at all cause we have been in Africa for the past 400 years longer than the modern existence of Israel.
@@rikussmit4733 I thought about using German but I used decendent of a known Nazi. But it's whatever. You should get my meaning. Anyway when a decendent of colonizers who were no different from Nazis says he's more African than a black African it's gonna pissed a lot of people off to the point where they gonna want his head on a platter. You gotta understand Izzy is pissed. Apartheid wasn't that long ago. The wound from apartheid is still fresh.
@petboy5839 some people that dont experience racism will never understand 😒 ever
He just wants to keep the belt in Africa, not have it go to another country a week later. Izzy claims he’s a kiwi, african, nd Chinese, dricus just saying he’s an African who’s tryna hold the belt there. Plus izzy got easily offended nd started calling him a cracker, now imagine if rolls reversed.
It doesn't matter.
Izzys gnna bruk tht nose again n make him quit.
But Izzy CAN do that because those 3 places made HIM who he is today.
He was born and raised as a Nigerian.
He grew up as a Kiwi & made his career in China.
Just because he did so doesn’t not take away from the belt being in Africa.
If I remember, he would walk in with a Nigerian flag.
If a man has pride in his race then why come for it and then hide your hand when it becomes racial?
It’s ironic that it’s a black man because no one does this to the Brazilians who have been training and living in the US for over 10 years.
So good!
@double0double0 Exactly. Nobody questions the Brazilians that live in Florida lol. Nobody questions the Mexicans from Cali. Etc etc. Still Brazilian. Still Mexican. Suddenly the black man was forced to move from his home land by his parents as a child and now he's the one getting questioned.
@@joshuabryant9845 Back outside, Chinese inside.
If U pick him to win, it means U know him
Beef aside “Gonna beat him till he’s black” is hilarious within the context
It's also extremely racist
The wordplay is so funny... but Izzy got too many haters for them to admit it
Izzy is a citizen of the world. He brought the belt back to Nigeria, New Zealand and China
He is a refugee, that's what he is
So why does Izzy claim to be Chinese?
Search the definition of colonization bro
😂 what a joke
"Do it like my ancestors." So you gonna run away and have your kids in a different continent?
Dricus beat down countdown ⏳
DDP will never touch that gold in his life
if u from a rich first world country nobody gives a f about your identity -obsessed, corporate media spun, hollywoodized perspective about africa. U don't get to tell people in the third world who is African and who isn't. Especially when if u went there u would just be a nervous little tourist too scared to leave ur hotel. U have no clue what goes on in safrica no idea what where dricus is from is like, and ur nacho cheese perspective and opinions about safrica are stupid lol. Izzy lives in rich comfortable new zealand, that's very very very very fkn different to living in safrica
They didn’t consider Cain the first Mexican champion…
Cain was born in California. If you need a more fittinh analogy, then you will say nobody calls Kobi Bryant an Italian
Yes they did.
They didn't consider you the first liar on UA-cam comments.....
Driccus is spitting straight facts though 😂
What stupid straight facts is that. Izzy was born in Lagos Nigeria and he is obviously more African than the fake African white boy from SA.
@@DarrenBlackAmerican So I guess Black Americans are not American right? This logic is so dumb lol
Izzy took the belt to Nigeria. So a Nigerian took the belt to Nigerian. Dricus is talking straight shit.
Naa dricus is wrong for that he literally sending shots for no reason as if Nigerians on other Africans do t flee their countries for a better life guys living in a colonised nice civil part of South Africa Kevin the high life but looking down on Izzy. Africans unprovoked the question they asked iPhone wasn’t even about it
@@tha1neYou should have guessed that black people in America are of African decent.
"I may be African but I'm not your brother 😂😂😂".... Shoutout DDP.... ...bring that belt to SA🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦💯💯💯
Lekker bruh 🇿🇦❤
If youre a true Africans you'd be offended by DDP knowing history and what even goes on now in south Africa, for him to claim African origin. Hes product of hatred and colonization !! His family still definitely has ties to opression there 99% sure bout that.
Has Izzy's wite queen taken him to court yet ?
😂
DDP really said “ did those belts ever go to Africa? “ I could’ve sworn once Francis beat stipe for the title he went to Cameroon and had a parade in his city 😂 so therefore DDP was being disrespectful first because if he really cared about Africa and what Africa has done in the UFC he would’ve known that already
So did Usman lol
@@samarimccloud4947facts bro 🔥🔥
i think ddp actually questioned if the belts stayed at africa. Yes it went there temporarily but didnt stay. its never about color
@@joshreyes4647Francis lives in Africa my guy if you really watched his documentary he fly there on and off to visit his mom and family he knows there . He fights professionally just like DDP does so they leave to America and other countries on and off to train and fight . This is not rocket science . DDP was being overly aggressive and being disrespectful first by calling them out and now wants to act innocent when they defend there selves
Identity-obsessed, first-world mericans telling people in the third world who gets to be African and who doesn't. If dricus was talking about South America nobody would take issue but bcos it's like omg afriiiiiikkaaa bro like jah rasta bro! Can't say that about Africa! They the real Racists lol
Izzy had a OMFG moment in his eyes when he realized how easily DDP put away his toughest opponent so far.
Adesanyas hardest fight was either Kevin or Alex
Izzy gave ddp 100% of winning. Watch the video
@@liamgilchrist8818 I felt the fight with Kevin had him in a lot more trouble even though Alex finished him. He still looked more composed right up until the KO. What do you think?
@@jesusisking8502 yeah I'd say the Kevin fight was a lot harder for adesanya in terms of the actual fight its just the history with Alex that made that fight so hard but yeah rightly said he looked composed up until the finish
robs a better fighter, just wasn’t his night
Ya’ll are overthinking. Izzy is like Michael Jordan. He needs fuel to get hyped for a fight. He has been dominating for so long, he needs something. Thats what goats too, find something to take personally.
This is a great take. After the fight, win or lose he'll be respectful.
@@TrainAndTrade Izzy is not going to lose and he will be respected
if you need to bring race into a conversation to get hyped for a fight, maybe just maybe you should go see a psychiatrist and grow up a few years in your head before trying to be a role model for millions of people.
Izzy is not someone to be slighted
That Dru comment will always sound disrespectful to me, like what was he thinking if he wasn’t trying to be problematic.
“ did any of those belts ever go to Africa “
Francis brought his belt to Cameroon soil if you were really supporting your other African brothers he would’ve knew that 😂 DDP is a hater lowkey
I’m the African fighter in the ufc he said also. What a fucking clown he is. Obviously baiting a reaction, and he got it.
1 out of 3 belts went...but doesn't Francis train and live in France? He didn't say anything disrespectful lol
@@romerosneckizzy also took his belt to Nigeria when he won I’m sure usman did also so all 3 belts went to Africa buddy 😂
@@billgoat9345thats not the point. They went there for short visits, but those two countries do not house not produces the champions
Dricus in that interview "I will be the REAL african champion"
Every interview after "All I said was I will be the first person to train out of Africa"
those are the same thing
What do you want him to say? Because he can say what ever he wants
@@GG-iz3wp He can say whatever he wants, just shouldn't backtrack from what he says
@@GG-iz3wp I mean straight up man. MMA is a place where we can feel safe from the bullshit, sensitive cancel-culture vibe of the world. These fuckers can say whatever the fuck they want, then answer for their words in the octagon. It's a huge reason I love UFC so much. I don't agree with everything everybody says, but love that they have the freedom to do so. It needs to stay that way.
At what point did the guy say the word “REAL” ? Unless it’s from another interview or somewhere else I never heard him say this quote that everyone is saying he said but I rewatched this clip 3 times I never heard him use the word REAL (African) 🤷♂️
People not understanding that DDP said "i am the real African fighter in The UFC" literally meaning that he is saying Adesanya and Usman and Francis (when he was here) are NOT African people is crazy.
*He didnt have to cause a divide but he did*
Strange I don’t remember him using the word ‘real’ must of watched a different video lmao. Usman trains in America, so does Ngannou, Izzy trains in NZ. Driccus trains in Africa 😊
That's fine that being said he was asked are bummed about Gold in Africa and he stated facts but the tone and word selection was that if us and them me and yall, so we can suger coat but he wasn't speaking in the sense of me and me fellow Africans it was me and those guys that used to live here and that's okay, he can have a view
He can also catch hands at ufc Sydney
It's all good
@@thedeep2202 But they're still Africans lol, born there, speak the language, part of the culture. By that logic if you train in Thailand for your fights your a Thai now.
Basically in the eyes of Izzy being born and having ancestry is enough to be an African champion
Dricus believe u need more that is living and training out of
Based of both their words they both agree they are African but differ on criteria for African champion
They both make points worth thinking on but if you go deeper a former beneficiary of Apartheid which ended in 1994 telling a black man he isn't meeting full criteria of an African champion is unsettling
And before any 1 says Dricus didn't set a criteria
He said born, living and training out of is an African champion by his metric Izzy has one metric ticked by Izzy u can take the boy out of Africa but not Africa out the boy so all metrics
@@thedeep2202 well ok if it makes it better he said "i am the african fighter in the UFC" as in "i am *the* and personally i took that as him saying dismissing their identity. FFs Izzy has Africa on his chest as a tatoo. Weird how he just had to say that and cause divide.
Izzy please don't underestimate DD. Take your training camp seriously, and also give DD the beating of his life.
@@lorinchak7436 Izzy picked him to win against Wittaker, so something tells me he's been studying him already.
Your champ better be aware of destroyer
Lol Izzy just got the beating of his life form Strickland the only dance he can't do is the man dance.
I’m an Izzy fan, but dricus spoke facts.🔥
You are a liar
U have no idea how disrespectful what Dricus said is to any African that knows history.
not really. Even just saying that the belts didnt go to africa was wrong
@@chikeokjr24I want to know are you really a true African, because if you are you would understand the concept of what he and his team have said, how many Brazilian fighters or Mexican fighters live in their country and have you ever heard them talk out of there asses. Ddp need to stop creating divisions
Your probably white with no culture and no idea 😂
I confess i like the way the way Dricus stired the hornets nest with his comments. He is obviously a bit bold to assert that any black man is less African than him, but he also hit a nerve lol. Afrikaners are known for being very forthright and straightforward in what they say but that seemed like some pretty good trolling.
Klomp kak gate💀💀
Never said anything about them not being african or him being more african. The full interview is right here. Come on
To be fair all humans came from Africa :).
@@user-co1gi7yd2r
But he DID say, "I'm THE African fighting out of the U.F.C." That statement alone is worthy of him getting his A$$ beat.
@@yamabushiwarrior996 Izzy said he was Chinese lmao, don't know why he's so offended xD
I'm with Dricus, he hasnt said anything wrong. People are trying to push the wrong narrative given how easily people follow any false narratives and get triggered nowadays but DDP hasnt offended anyone and hasnt said anything but facts
What do you know about South Africa?
No one cares cracka
@@starape1896You asking for his credentials to hold an opinion?
he offended all other Africans in the UFC by saying "i am the African fighter"
Gotta make some kind of beef to keep the soap opera loving folks watching.
Ddp is right Izzy is the Chinese champion not African champion
Shut up
Lol. People are pretending like they dont see what dricus is insinuating. Read between the lines.
Most of the people agreeing with DDP are racists too or just don’t like Izzy
@@exotichuskykennels1356 , Izzy was also racist towards Dricus, calling him a cracka on multiple occasions. Don't be biased, both of them are wrong.
@@PrinceVega both of them are wrong exactly . People are acting like izzy is the only one wrong when DDP first started off being disrespectful
@@exotichuskykennels1356 , exactly! 100%
and? Izzy speaking about African pride when he was documented in GLORY saying he’s Chinese?
Ddp is everything except African
Dude (duplessi) over there living in a country that practically invented the words discrimination, and white privilege. But wants to criticize Africans who needed to leave to make a better life. Francis was working in a whole damn mine as a child in Africa while duplessi was probably on some beach somewhere. Dude played the race card and I don't like the fact that he can play it into a title shot. So personally as much I like Izzy and Rob, I'm not interested in seeing any of Duplessi's fights. This is prize fighting and I know this kind of thing sells tickets. But I'm not interested.
Stop your racist on the African Dricus!
If he was a NZ kiwi you wouldn’t dare say theses things!
So why you writing about him keep your mouth shut then. He's going to fuck both your boys up you will see.
@@xD3borahx you sound like a moron, I'll leave you alone but don't worry you'll have plenty of company on the net...and by the way learn to speak english, idiot.
Dricus' right that's why they're mad.
No🇳🇬
They can’t control their emotions. It’s a violent race that needs us. If we left them on their own, they’d still be in the jungle dying at the age of 30. They don’t have one successful nation of their own. Every neighborhood they take, becomes violent, dirty, but it’s the white man’s fault because white man bad.
Well, damn. Prayers answered.
Bad look for Izzy but he also has to sell the fight because nobody is paying for this guy they pay to watch Izzy. Like it or not most fans want the guys to hate eachother. Izzy shouldn’t be sensitive to others words but also a lot of fighters need something to motivate them. Michael Jordan used to look for anything and anyone to use as motivation to get mad
People are acting like being called a nigga is the worse thing in the world. It's slang. Blacks who use it refer to everyone that way. It's not the word with "er" at the end and he said it after calling him his african brother.
i agree with this 100%. izzy has stated before he finds an issue with his opponent to fuel him. comparable to the way michael jordan would, like u said. a lotta ppl are jumping on his ass for his shit talk at ufc 290 but he’s only hyping the fight. he’s fully accepted the duty and role of a superstar - put asses in seats, whether they love or hate you is irrelevant. it’s kind of a noble sacrifice for a means of our enjoyment if u think about it
@@CJWIIye people like to overreact. They spend too much time on reddit, making them more self-righteous everyday.
Crt for u tho
South Africa definetely watching for our guy, that's a whole new audience bruv.
as a yoruba man izzy was born royalty in the continent where the sun never sleeps... they rather take a slap than have their ancestral lineage insulted by a foreigner... believe me it runs in their blood . for reference read the book THE GODS ARE NOT TO BE BLAMED by ola rotimi . a story of a boy who killed a man who insulted his tribe only to find the man he killed was his real father ... druicus should apologise because this might not end well.
I saw his explanation in some of his intrviews. But to think he mentions 2 white men as the only Africans in denial of the 3 most successful African MMA fighters, that was a racial dig! We know how they treat blacks in SA; Apartheid wasn't a century ago. His rethoric was off by a mile.
This this and this!!
A AFRICAN STATING A FACT, THEN A KIWI LYING ABOUT WHAT HE SAID! I HOPE ROB & DRICUS BOTH FIGHT & SLICE THAT KIWI BACK TO NZ
They just happen to be white. Themba gorimbo would be another african ufc fighter but he trains with colby in usa now.
@@xD3borahx shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 🇳🇬
DDP via African power
We have a fight and we have a beef. LETS GO 🎉🎉🎉
This prediction is mind blowing, I hope you teach that kid the lesson, him and the whole world again
israel gets the most hate in these build up fights and it’s straight cricket noises afterwards - he’ll shut these snowflakes up again but they’ll find a new reason to hate him 🥱 - can’t wait for dircus to get starched
@@teinatekira4936izzy is a great fighter but he gets hate because of how cringe he is
Any immigrant should have the right to claim their culture, heritage, and bloodline. Its not just a label, its a part of someone's identity. You cant take that away from anyone.
Example: Sterling is Jamaican American. He is an American citizen, but he grew up in a Jamaican household. It isnt a "This or that" thing.
A bit odd to claim a culture when you aren't part of it. In Europe, we have a lot of african descendants who never went to Africa, and still, claim they are. They have more in common with the french next to them than the real marocan who live in Maroc(Europe and african in a socio-cultural meaning, not an ethnicity).
@@andreiroublev2373 That's interesting. Here in the US, we have many people who grew up with their parents culture in their household. A Mexican-American might not be exactly the same as a Mexican, but they're not the same as a regular Caucasian or African-American either. Its their identity, and identity is multifaceted. Tell any Mexican here that its odd to celebrate Mexican independence day and you'd get cussed out.
Izzy missing the point and getting mad lol
Marty American accent, Izzy kiwi accent, Ngannou french accent Dricus south african accent.
I actually believe if anyone could take note of what Izzy did to Robert and can apply it, it may be DDP. Still Robert is a beast.
DDP is nothing like Izzy.
Dricus disposed of Robert much quicker and decisively than child boy.
Dricus is not african , he's European.
You a dum idiot
Born in Africa = African
@@Nuestra_MiraMira no african dna . He can't even stand outside in africa without sun protection 😭😭
@@GreatLakes2551 born in Africa = African. Deal with it
@@Nuestra_MiraMira the sun disagrees 🤣🤣
Izzy vs. DDP! Do it in South Africa 🇿🇦
I'm South African, but please my fellow African brother, please knockout that big mouth colonizer!!! I'm with you Izzy all the way! 🇿🇦🌍🇳🇬
Make him feel pain 5 rounds of pain Izzy lol
Nah by that logic you just an earlier coloniser.
How a white skinned man be telling a black skinned man he isn’t African beats me tho
Izzy is actually the one causing division. He’s def blowing this out of proportion letting his emotions take control. Not a good role model for kids
Corps qar Karen here,maybe twist your pink panties out of your mouth,not a good role model for your boyfriend
Racist
A WHITE South African telling Izzy he is less African bc he doesn't live on the continent. WTF??!! A WHITE COLONIZER (RAPE, Pillaging, Occupation) trying to explain Africa to a natural BLACK African...WOW!! #BlackSouthAfrica #TeamIzzy #WhitePPLnotKnowingHistory
Not just the kids, he's a poor example of a role model for anyone at any age. I lol when anyone compares him to Anderson Silva
DDP could have paid homage to those that came before him. Its not like Francis was going to be a world champion out of that sand mine. Dracus lives in an Expat bubble and wants to undermine indigenous people with snarky comments. Let's wait and see what happens
Izzy is Chinese.
MORE CONTENT WITH JONES PLZ DAVID!
I don't understand DDP saying he didn't mean to offend Izzy and the rest of them. He didn't have to make a statement about him being the first African to take the title home,he is no victim in all this...good thing is DDP is a good SA fighter,his style is a bit odd but he can take all the smoke.this should make a great fight.
By his logic that means every black person in diaspora ain't Cameroonians, Ghana, or Nigerians. That's highly disrespectful especially when he's a descendant of colonization and as for the division, there needs to be more of it.
@@jurmoja He is the one who started lol. What he said was out of pocket, but now that it got to Izzy he can’t backtrack that statement. Just take a look at Francis story for example. Dude was born at cameroon into nothing, had to work on a sand mine since child and had to walk kilometers just to get to school. Is he not African just because he doesn’t live there?
Hang on, I like Izzy, and to me, him calling DDP a cracker means as little as it did when he called Jones nigga, the issue is that DDP only said 'I'm the African' and elaborated that he's an African champion who would bring back the belts to permanently reside in Africa. When did he ever denounce Snooze or Izzy's heritage or standing as Africans, in that? People are taking way too much from this based on inference and assumption over when he actually said (which, not once was to belittle Snooze or Izzy, but to assert himself as an African who would intend to permanently bring the belt back to Africa).
Are you familiar with what’s known as subtext or an implication. “I’m THE African fighter in the UFC.. me and Cameron” that implies that Izzy and Usman are not African bc they do not reside there. Not hard to understand if your brain works.
why did he have to cause divide? lol answer this question. Accept it it was ill-intent. He could have named his own country and leave it at that.-
Du Pussi implied he and Cameron are the African fighters in the UFC now he’s backpedaling on his statement and taking the high road
@@samarimccloud4947Exactly, they get there arguments from MMA Guru who is biased against Izzy and has brain rot.
@@yoaregey7296 , Izzy was being racist towards Dricus, by calling him a "cracker". He also called Jon Jones a "coon". For someone complaining about others creating division, Izzy's being a prime example on how to achieve that. He's a major hypocrite in this case.
" Black outside, China inside, I am Chinese. I'm the black dragon "
- Israel Adesanya
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Yeah idk what he said really wasnt that bad i think if you wana make it about skin colour thats upto you. Ddp is just saying something very basic that isnt that hard to comprehend. He lives there, he wants to be the first african residing champ whats the deal.
Question: If you are white guy who was born and raised in Japan. Does that make the white guy Japanese?
@@roythousand13 im white and im in nz does that mean i cant call my self new zealander because im not maori? Same shit g
@@roythousand13 , Usman literally said that he's more American than Colby. Izzy said that he's more of a New Zealander than Robert Whittaker, who was born there. But as soon as Dricus said something similar, it became a problem and Dricus is being called a "racist". Keep that same energy.
@@kaynify, you know what the fuck I mean. Stop playing stupid!
@PrinceVega ,there are nationalities that are directly linked to ethnicity and/or race. Like the example I gave @kaynify. If a white guy was born and raised in Japan, does that make him JAPANESE. The answer is NO! The white guy can be a permanent resident or citizen or Japan, but he will never be Japanese. Nationalities like American and European don't have this issue because it Americans and Europeans aren't homogeneous societies. Countries like Japan, Korean, Nigeria, etc, are homogeneous!
Bro Hooker said it best in your last video: It was Dricus' team that talked out of pocket, not him. He is not a bad dude. That said, you would drag him terribly. You know damn well what is going to happen on Saturday.
I just saw Dricus say something out of pocket with my own eyes.
Izzy may not disrespect Dricus’ claim of being “African” but I will.
I’ve never stepped foot in Africa (yet), and I am more African than Dricus Du Plesis.
Did you watch the beginning of the video ? Yeah he tried to change the narrative after but he said what he said.
People can’t read between the lines and this is funny
@@majorwakanda8858e worst of all of that is that it has to be a white South African that says such a stupid thing … Like "we are Africa"etc that’s some bullshit …
White culture in Africa is literally just blood, killings and stealing ressources … I hope Whittaker will end that dude, if not Izzy will, I know for sure .
To me he is a fraud, he should have stayed humble .
What video did hooker say that ?
Ddp only stated facts and izzy got so butthurt because its true he has to be racist 😂 love to see him get trolled and riled up because he knows what he said he cant argue with so has to make it about colonisation like dricus had anything to do wuth it LOL
So said so done. Lets go 🙌
He knows what he was saying.. beat him up Izzy
He basically waa saying in other words because izzy and kamaru doesn't reside in Africa, they aren't real African Champs. He plain out said he will be the first real African champion because he lives their, which is bullshit. Now trying to change the narrative
But he does live in Africa, and Adesanya lives in the safest country on earth.
That I'd stupid to explain that way
No, that's true. Justin gathje doesn't live in France, he's not yhe French champ
@@teacopem bingo. We don't call Jon Jones an African champ, even if he is clearly descended from that region.
Why is it bullshit? Nothing is stopping Israel from going back and living in Lagos. Why is he not doing it? Dricus can go to the US and train in ATT or AKA but he is choosing to train from Pretoria. Your choices show your loyalty.
None of the 3 African champs fought out of or got their fighting skills from Africa, all 3 left & don't live there today. It's just facts. Dricus wasn't the one being racist.
He wasnt being racist probly but the way he said that it dont give respect to the fellow Black Kings
THE TRUTH HURTS
Izzy is finna send Dricus back to the Netherlands or wherever tf he came from
Dricus tried to do that white ppl thing and create division by implying that he’s the real African , then act all harmless I hate that shit
even tho he’s only there due to apartheid colonialisms
EXACTLY 🎯 now trying to play innocent to the fans
It's the classic tactic of Europeans no matter where they are in the world.
They will instigate a problem and wait for a reaction. Once the target gives the reaction, they'll then play the victim and gaslight you to infinity. Du Plessis started this and now he's moving as if he's the victim because he knew fully well that his airhead fans would defend his behaviour.
A man being born in a stable doesn't make him a horse.
Izzy is African, DDP is Dutch.
Who is here now following the octogon trash talk?
Izzy I’m so proud of you speaking what’s on your heart at 290! People are going hate on you, discredit and dismiss you, and straight up play dumb when it come to what you say and feel. A lot of those folks aren’t Black and won’t give you the credit. They’ll want you to shut up and entertain them, instead of using your voice and platform. Brother I felt you, and a lot of Black folks around the world felt you. Don’t let colonizers sway you, we all know who the real Africans are. Even when we are displaced around the world, which we all know the reason for, the mother land connected us by blood.
This is quite simple. Adesanya, Usman, and many other race-hustlers can't distinguish nationality from ethnicity. Lets not talk about what DDP implied, you're not mind readers, so stop acting like it. IF you are, you'd be the first authentic psychic medium on the planet, and that ain't you. What he said was, is that he'd be the first real African champion, that is because he is literally 1) from Africa by birth, 2) currently resides in Africa, and 3) currently trains out of Africa. Therefore, the first real African champ.
Keep your insecurities and projections out of it, there are enough smooth-brains getting carried on this planet already.
First thing DDP Said “ did any of those belts ever go to Africa ?”
If he really cared about Africa himself he would’ve known a both Francis and kamaru took there belts there and had a parade . So DDP is the only race-hustlers here buddy you seem quite upset writing a paragraph trying to defend somebody you know is in the wrong being disrespectful first
Is Gilbert Burns Brazilian?
A white man trying to tell us ethnic Africans what it means to be African, lmfao. I've seen it all.
Interesting how your people continuously remind the black football players in the French, English, Dutch and German national teams that they aren't Europeans but apparently your French-Huguenot Du Plessis is an African, hahaha. Absolute smooth brain.
@@Tonyjohnson2523 Going to Africa for a photo shoot, showing off the belt, and then escaping back to the USA and New Zealand is exactly what DDP is talking about, it's a fake, clout-chasing mentality. Stop calling yourself an African Champ when you abandoned Africa for a better life ages ago, and had nothing to do with your MMA career. The Adesanya types are chameleons. They're Africans when it suits them, Chinese when there's something to gain, a Kiwi when it is good advertising, etc. Get the point? DDP isn't questioning his RACE/ETHNICITY, he is questioning his NATIONALITY to Africa. Quite simple. It's only about race, because people want it to be about race, because it exposes the lack of loyalty these people have to their homeland. DDP doesn't have any of those issues, because he is a real African who never forgot where he came from.
@@tok1879lturally, birth-wise yes. His heritage is also typical for a brazilian. Mma-wise, probably half and half. He was succeesful in brazil and built his foundation, but has now lived in usa for a long time and can accredit usa for making him a complete fighter.
Ddp knew he was being edgy because hes a boer and other times when fighters did what he did, they got bit of backlash as well (moreno, edwards, andrade)
Robert Whittaker: respect;
Dricus du Plessis: respect;
Israel Adesanya: shameful.
MMA media:
Chael Sonnen: respect;
‘The MMA Guru’: respect;
Ariel Helwani: shameful.
Izzy is right simple as that
DPP Is a hater lowkey
@@Sebastianace-wg4sq fax
Izzy blew it out of proportion , im with Dricuss on this one . his right when he said the belts are not in Africa and non of the African champs ever trained in Africa which is facts
there was no need for DDP to make that statement at all, living in another country being from Africa doesnt make you any less African.. he took shots at Izzy and Usman and later backtracked
Dricus knows Themba Gorimbo personally and yet he and Cameron are the only African fighters in UFC
@@AONNxfacts bro DDP was being disrespectful first
@@macdonaldnyathi7977You get to decide what statements need to be made or not? Foh. Dricus said something benign and izzy spun the narrative with usman and made it about race because they got triggered and didnt have a good comeback. When i doubt, play the race card
Are Israel Adesanya, Kamaru Usman, and Francis Ngannou Africans?
If yes, Dricus is out of pocket. If no, open your eyes.
Dricus is a power hitter the guy hits hard might be stringent than Israel in some areas but hits harder than it looks
Moreno and Leon we’re hero’s for becoming “first time champs” from their respective countries when we had champions like Cain and Bisping, what is so different about DDP doing the same thing? He trains in South Africa Izzy trains in New Zealand that’s the point. How are people missing the point. 🤦♂️
Im not a big Adesanya fan, im from Brazil. When Izzy did what he did to Costa i thought it was uncalled for and very fuck up. Im also a big Alex Perreira fan. But hearing Du Plessis talk made me wanna see Izzy give him the Costa treatment, this time i wont say he didnt deserved that.
what did du plessis say that offended you ? that he trains out of Africa and izzy doesn't ? lmao keep simping manchild
bro Dricus gotta get his a*$ whooped for this statement.
We rockin with Dricus lil bro
How is everyone blaming Izzy for this rhetoric?? Dricus is passive-aggressive with his comments. Typical
If you thought Dricus didnt stand a chance againts Knuckles, what makes you think he can do ANYTHING with Izzy..... His gas tank alone wont allow him. Then there's Dricus's elementary striking, smh.
would be betting on rob to finish him in 2 rounds
@@Sharingan392bro izzy destroys Sean I’m a huge Sean fan and even I can admit that. Nobody is saying Sean will beat izzy. But if dricus comes out and beats rob via submission or vicious ko then I think he could beat izzy too. Middleweight for a long time has been a very low division in terms of skill izzy and rob have been dominating the division easily. But izzy hasn’t fought a submission artist and dricus has crazy underrated submissions. I don’t think dricus would win right now I think izzy survives the onslaught then finishes him in the later rounds but if dricus beats rob I 100% think dricus beats izzy
He's already manhandled that lanky arrogant one before it wont be his first time !!😂😂
dude is 19-2 and looked like ass everytime if he beats rob i'm worried no lie
He destroyed better opponents...makes me laugh how haters side with du plesis only because they hate izzy hahahah
The tone of disrespect, despite being a product of Apathied and a white man, De plessis deserve that Apathied confidence out of him. I pray an African man beat that crap out of him. What DDD said was unnecessarily under the belt and an Apathied language
When this guy say my people i know he talking about the dutch settlers (afrikaners) and if you look closely kamaru,izzy,francis they brought the 3 belt for the continent not juste for the Afrikaans
Did those belts stay in Africa? If Dricus wins the belt will stay in Africa?
Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya is giving Julius Malema, he is giving Madiba before his incarceration, he is giving Muhammad Ali. He is giving Fela Anikulapo Kuti. If you know you know. He embodies the Afrikan spirit.🖤🌍 He’s only ever thus far flown the Nigerian flag into the ufc octagon. Make dem dey play.
Clearly Driscus started this! After seeing his initial comments, he clearly tried to separate himself from Izzy and kamaru because he lives there. Izzy is purely African…. over 100,000 years of history. Dricus is there for ugly reasons. Let’s be real
Facts bro he really said “ did any of those belts ever go to Africa “ Francis literally took his belt straight to Cameroon to have a parade after beating stipe the second time
loooool. If we gonna go that far back even Trump is African.
if u from a rich first world country nobody gives a f about your identity -obsessed, corporate media spun, hollywoodized perspective about africa. U don't get to tell people in the third world who is African and who isn't. Especially when if u went there u would just be a nervous little tourist too scared to leave ur hotel. U have no clue what goes on in safrica no idea what where dricus is from is like, and ur nacho cheese perspective and opinions about safrica are stupid lol. Izzy lives in rich comfortable new zealand, that's very very very very fkn different to living in safrica.
@@Sebastianace-wg4sq then Francis is the only one who have the right to complain about this
@@Sebastianace-wg4sqtaking his temporarily isn’t what he meant. Ngannous belt is probably chilling in his Nevada home.
Edwards said something similar about being a British champ that’s fighting out of England, Moreno something similar being a Mexican champ that’s from Mexico. But how horrible DDP says he wants to be in African champ in the sense of being born, raised, residing, and training in Africa…. Something that’s never been done. Ok usman and Izzy were born in Africa and lived there as children. So what they started training MMA in their new homes and continue to do so, Frances started training in Frances and now trains in America. DDP wants to bring a different glory to the the continent of Africa by doing something no one from Africa has ever done. Typical western first world country Victim mentality mindset at its finest from usman and Izzy who are the ones who actually attacked DDP on his race and nationality. Notice how ngannou stayed silent, just like bisping and Velazquez did. Maybe because they aren’t self entitled, arrogant fools who realize the good that an proper African champ would bring to Africa (just like the good a Mexican born champ and England trained champ brought to those countries and the sport) but Izzy and usman have huge egos and only care about themselves more than the glory of Africa.
ive never seen izzy just randomly start beefs. there is a difference with costa, ddp, vettori opposed to silva, gastelum or cannonier
You took the boy out of Africa, in your own words, youve never gone back despite all the money you have, you left your heritage my man and that was your choice. Thats why this hit you so hard.
DDP heavily implied that they weren't African champions. He said " Im the African fighter inside the ufc." He completely dismissed them as African because they don't live there anymore.He also questioned if their belts went to Africa. All three of them visited Africa with a belt. What he's saying about DDP is true. Especially if you consider the history of colonization and imperialism. I think DDP knew what he was saying. He crossed a line. Also think why did they leave Africa?
its not about history or color. I think ddp is just implying he'll be the first african champion that resides and trains in africa
@joshreyes4647 That's maybe what he meant, but that's not what he said. The historical context is very important. That is why it's a sensitive subject. That's part of the reason why Izzy is mad
if u from a rich first world country nobody gives a f about your identity -obsessed, corporate media spun, hollywoodized perspective about africa. U don't get to tell people in the third world who is African and who isn't. Especially when if u went there u would just be a nervous little tourist too scared to leave ur hotel. U have no clue what goes on in safrica no idea what where dricus is from is like, and ur nacho cheese perspective and opinions about safrica are stupid lol. Izzy lives in rich comfortable new zealand, that's very very very very fkn different to living in safrica
@@joshreyes4647 I don't think you understand how incendiary and disrespectful it is for an Afrikaner Boer to try and nullify the identity of ethnic Africans when he comes from a country that oppressed the majority population for over fifty years.
He knew very well the type of reaction he would get and now that he's gotten it, he's trying to back track. The nerve of an apartheid beneficiary to say such nonsense and still be seen as the victim by the fanbase tells you everything you need to know about the MMA community.
Funny how only whites can colonize...black tribes killed other black tribes and took thier land yet they are not colonizers 🤣 as if humans spawned everywhere centuries ago. the whole world is a product of colonization.
Champ, he never called you "not African"...He said "I'm taking the belt to Africa, I train in Africa, I live in Africa..." (I paraphrased and shortened). So, I don't think there's need to behave all that offended and say that he creates divide. To quote the Eagle "Stay humble brother". :)
Du Plessis looks like a slightly improved version of Vectors, but it's messy and uncoordinated. Against Adesanya (clever and experienced) he risks not making a good impression ...
Yall dont understand Izzy the man is on another level of drive and passion
Low iq bender ball washer
he had two drinks and 10 mins with jones and this happend xD
DDP looks like the jock/villain in a 90s kids movie with that goofy jacket
Dricus didn't say anything wrong!
“ Did any of those belts ever go to Africa ?”
Franics took his belt to Cameroon and had a parade after beating stipe . So DDP did say something wrong and came off as disrespectful
Izzy took the belt to Nigeria too
Where are all the belts then in Africa idiot? Not one belt is in Africa! until dricus takes one back home to Africa! 🤡🤡
most fighters took their belt to the White House, in Washington… ??? Sooo it Don’t make them the president!
After a few insta pics, them & their belt will head off home!
@@xD3borahx What a foolish comment. The difference is Israel, Francis and Kamaru are all ethnic Africans. Their ancestors come from the African continent. Their lineage, ancestry, culture, language and bloodline are all African.
Du Plessis is the descendant of French-Huguenots. Just because your born in Africa doesn't make you an ethnic African.
If it were so, why do your people ridicule the black players that were born in France and represent their national football team?
Dricus never said Izzy wasn’t an African, adesanya must have some buried issues because that was the first conclusion he jumped to.
Dricus did say he was the real African tho.
@@lariyo9122 he clearly has more pride for Africa than Izzy does lol don’t think dricus is known as the white dragon in China
He didn’t mean African as a Colour base. But where he is from
I would love see the fight against Dricus. But I think he will have a hard time against Rob 🌍🌎🌏that's all africa
Rob is gonna bury him
@@Sebastianace-wg4sq😂😂😂 Rob was F@@king knocked out 😢
@@olorunfemibernard8855 Coming back to this comment section was hilarious. So many know nothing losers pulling embarrassingly stupid predictions.
Dricus 💪 the real african
Take it to Africa brother! Would be ducking HUGE!! I’ll be watching from Brisbane Australia!! Bigger than rumble in the jungle?
Caveman is just chatting rubbish.
Izzy is a Yoruba Nigerian who just lives in NZ. We are so many like that. We migrated for economic reasons and you can’t talk shit because we live there.
DDP comments doesn’t make sense! I’m an African and we are so proud even though we live out of the continent. The Africa map is tattooed on my right rips.
DDP saying fact or not, he shouldn’t made such
statements. The topic about race is fragile and the foundation of his history already killed over 21k people.
Listen to the interviewer question then listen to DDP response. Asked about Joining the african champion but he decided to be the first African Champion