Robert Whittaker suffers shock loss to Dricus du Plessis at UFC 290 before Israel Adesanya tirade

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By Ric Chapman for Daily Mail Australia 06:55 09 July 2023, Updated 06:55 09 July 2023

Springbok have won eight in a row His devastating power has infuriated the current world champion Their title match will be in Australia

Rising South African middleweight star Dricus du Plessis earned a blow against defending champion Israel Adesanya with a stunning second-round knockdown of Aussie Robert Whittaker at UFC 290.

Whittaker was faltering towards the end of the first lap but seemed calm and back to normal by the time the second began.

However, a right hand from Le Plessis delivered with such force that it completely shook Whittaker’s soul, opened the door to his mind-blowing next 30 seconds.

He saw that the former world champion, known as The Reaper, was injured, struggling and backtracking, so he chased him around the ring; throwing lefts and rights that sent him to his knees.

It was then that Whittaker tried to cover that he leapt up unleashing a non-stop barrage until the referee stepped in to protect the battered and battered Aussie.

A right hand did the damage and former champion Robert Whittaker just didn’t recover, allowing Dricus du Plessis to continue hammering him. When on the canvas, South Africa’s du Plessis was relentless as he was banging the banged Aussie

Du Plessis is a powerhouse in the middleweight division and handed Whittaker a rare knockout loss in this clash in Las Vegas.

Prior to the fight, Whittaker had a 14-2 record in MMA, so it was a shock loss for the Aussie star.

And Du Plessis showed his huge respect for the Aussie after the fight.

“It really is the greatest honor of my entire fighting career to be able to share the cage with a legend like Robert,” du Plessis said at the start of his post-fight interview with UFC commentator Joe Rogan. .

‘A guy whose poster I had in my room, wishing he was like one day.

“Robert, I don’t know where he is but he is a gentleman, a humble man and truly a legend of the sport.”

But hardly had du Plessis felt the surge of pride and ecstasy of his victory, in the jumped current champion, and his next opponent Israel Adesanya, who launched into a racist and crude tirade.

Du Plessis himself may have contributed to this when Rogan introduced them in the middle of the ring saying, “here comes the big middleweight in the UFC.”

The South African cheekily joked, “I don’t know about what’s great”, and that’s when the champion exploded.

The joy of victory for Dricus du Plessis was sweet as he earned a world title shot in Sydney in September. Current middleweight champion Izzy Adesanya in a black t-shirt takes on the impressive Dricus du Plessis who had just crushed Aussie Robert Whittaker into submission after the fight.

It unleashed a tsunami of expletive claims mainly related to African heritage.

Adesanya saw red and they bumped heads, before the champion said, “That’s my African brother here. Let’s go nigga, what’s up b***h?

‘Let’s go n****r. Yeah nigga. What’s up nigga. What the fuck you gonna do n****r?

Du Plessis fired back: “Get that shit out!”

Adesanya was undeterred saying, ‘Yeah my African brother, yeah my African brother. What’s up n****r, yeah n****r’.

Du Plessis said, “I am African but I am not your brother.”

“You’re my n****r for real,” Adesanya said antagonistically, before continuing his race-themed tirade.

When it faded and Adesanya left the ring, Rogan with the mic in hand said the obvious.

“This guy (du Plessis) is a tank.”

“He’s a really dangerous guy. Doing this against a guy like Whittaker is a real wake-up call for the rest of the division.

Whittaker’s defeat continued the Aussie curse with Jimmy Crute and Shannon Ross also losing earlier on the card.

Adesanya will face du Plessis for the world title in Sydney on Sept. 10 at UFC 293.

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