Israel Adesanya Fires Strong Warning at Fellow African Middleweight After Defeating Alex Pereira at UFC 287

• Israel Adesanya is back on top of the Middleweight division after dethroning Alex Pereira
• The Last Stylebender is not too happy with a fellow Middleweight after his recent comments
• Adesanya wants to drag the carcass of a fellow UFC fighter across the country of South Africa

Israel Adesanya didn’t take long after defeating Alex Pereira to send a warning to another middleweight.

The Last Stylebender knocked out Pereira in the main event of UFC 287 to reclaim his Middleweight title.

During the post-fight interview, the Nigerian-born star turned his attention to a fellow African middleweight, though he didn’t mention him by name.

Adesanya said he didn’t want to give the fighter any clout by mentioning his name, but that he needed to choose his words more wisely when referring to those who paved the way for him.

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The champion added that the unnamed Middleweight needed to do more and show him more so that he had a reason to beat him up.

"I pray to God he keeps winning. I will gladly drag his carcass across South Africa," The Last Stylebender said.

Who was Adesanya talking about?

The only middleweight in the division with hails from South Africa is Dricus du Plessis. The undefeated du Plessis recently angered Adesanya with his comments about being more African.

As noted by MMA Mania, du Plessis said he would be the first real African champion, by arguing that fighters like Adesanya, Kamaru Usman and Francis Ngannou didn’t live on the continent anymore and therefore weren’t really African.

While Usman was more reserved with his response to the comment, Adesanya was more straight to the point. He originally referred to du Plessis as ‘some idiot’ when he first heard the comments, MMA News reported.

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Du Plessis is currently ranked sixth in the Middleweight division and stated that he wanted a title shot or a number-one contender match after beating Derek Brunson.

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Israel Adesanya is the new UFC Middleweight champion.

The Nigerian-born fighter secured victory with a stunning knockout of Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 287 in Miami.

Pereira beat Adesanya in the first match between the two rivals for the Middleweight, but couldn't defend his title in the rematch, Sports Brief reported.