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Whereas firing again at his opponent, Dricus Du Plessis, Israel Adesanya broke down in tears. The second was triggered by the servant remark Du Plessis hurled at Adesanya. “Hear, my father and myself needed to get up at 4 a.m. and clear the banks whereas my mum research to be a nurse,” Adesanya stated. “You don’t know my f*cking story. Don’t f*cking converse of my story if you happen to don’t know my story. I’ll present you who you might be Sunday so proper now, shut the f*ck up.”
That is the second time a press convention involving Du Plessis has gotten ugly. In hIs pre-fight presser with Sean Strickland, Du Plessis introduced up the abuse Strickland suffered as a toddler. He later cried in regards to the second whereas talking on a podcast. Now Izzy is crying too? We actually want to have a look at what’s and is not alright to say relating to trash speaking.
🚨 Khabib Nurmagomedov has reportedly paid off all money owed to the Russian Federal Tax Service (FTS), totaling 302 million rubles ($3,398,000 USD)
(per. SHOT, H/T @Home_of_Fight) #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/FRE3yBGXMZ
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) August 15, 2024
Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has reportedly paid off his $3 million tax debt to Russia. Previous to this there had been rumors that Nurmagomedov had fled the nation and was bankrupt.
This entire factor appeared bizarre to me and I used to be skeptical that there was something nefarious or unlawful occurring. Paying it so shortly is proof of that, for my part. Glad to see issues squared away with Nurmagomedov and I hope we will put this all to relaxation now.
Alex Pereira will defend his gentle heavyweight title in opposition to Khalil Rountree at #UFC307 in Salt Lake Metropolis, Dana White introduced. pic.twitter.com/M7icrizw3W
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) August 16, 2024
The UFC introduced a lightweight heavyweight title battle between reigning champion Alex Pereira and No. 8 ranked. Khalil Rountree. The battle is slated for Oct. 5 to headline UFC 307.
It is all the time superior to see Pereira combating once more however the match-up will not be the best. Rountree is coming off of a suspension and ranked decrease within the division. It looks like there are higher candidates for Pereira however I additionally wouldn’t be shocked if fighters stated no. Pereira is a scary man.
