Israel Adesanya discovered there’s nonetheless dangerous blood between him and Manel Kape.
The 2-time UFC middleweight champion was watching UFC Tampa on Saturday and was impressed by Kape’s trendy win over Bruno “Bulldog” Silva on the night’s important card. Nonetheless, he was caught off guard when Kape talked about him in his post-fight speech.
Kape ran down his fellow flyweights to declare himself the No. 1 contender for champion Alexandre Pantoja, and threw in an insult at Adesanya for good measure. Although they compete in numerous divisions, Kape and Adesanya have beef relationship again to September 2023, when Adesanya stepped in to argue with Kape on behalf of teammate Kai Kara-France.
In a video posted to his YouTube channel, Adesanya recorded his dwell response to Kape’s callout.
“What he say ‘F*ck me’ for?” Adesanya mentioned, with fun. “I give this man all this credit score, like he’s trying good, and he mentioned, ‘F*ck you.’
“I nonetheless hold it actual, he f*cking confirmed out. This exhibits I’ve been in his head this complete time, I didn’t suppose it was like that. However he did nicely, good job.”
Previous to listening to what Kape needed to say, Adesanya was entertained by the flyweight striker’s efficiency. Silva had no solutions for the speedy Kape, who snapped Silva’s four-fight win streak with a knockout in Spherical 3.
Even Adesanya needed to admit that Kape placed on a show-stealing efficiency.
“I don’t just like the piece of shit, however you’ll be able to respect the abilities,” Adesanya mentioned. “He’s on proper now.”
Adesanya additionally appreciated Kape doing a mid-fight taunt, much like the Naruto homage Adesanya displayed throughout his struggle with Anderson Silva at UFC 234.
“He did my steez, the ‘Rock Lee,’” Adesanya mentioned. “He’s f*cking exhibiting out.”
