The weekend for the UFC middleweight title clash between Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya has finally arrived. In preparation for their highly anticipated fight, there was a lot of back-and-forth between the DDP and Izzy.

In continuation to that, Adesanya takes another verbal shot at the middleweight champ.

Izzy took a long break ahead of his title fight against DDP. Interestingly, even in that period of time, both Adesanya and Du Plessis carried on their heated beef against each other. Their debate took several turns during that long period of time. Just ahead of their fight, as it seems, Izzy is adamant about taking digs at DDP's privileged life.

That's rich coming from someone who owned slaves back in the day. Yeah, for me, if you don't know about my story, don't speak on it.

Per Adesanya, DDP has made several 'servant' comments about him. These remarks from the reigning middleweight champion have eventually added further fuel to their rivalry. The rivalry that started from discrediting each other for being the African champions to this recent comment now. Interestingly, this was not the first time, when Izzy made comments on Dricus du Plessis's privileged life.

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In one instance, even fellow middleweight fighter Abdul Razzak Alhassanshared similar views to what Izzy has on DDP. Interestingly, the heated exchanges between Adesanya and Du Plessis escalated to a level that the challenger even broke down at the pre-fight presser. That breakdown moment of Izzy went viral quickly and several fighters made remarks on that, including DDP. The middleweight champ saw this as a chance to mock Adesanya again.

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Dricus du Plessis takes another dig at Israel Adesanya's teary breakdown at the pre-fight presser

The upcoming fight between DDP and Izzy has attracted a lot of attention in the community. It seems that everyone, including UFC fighters, is involved in some way in their fight. Interestingly, this fight will mark Dricus du Plessis' first title defense as the middleweight champion. Whereas, Adesanya, has the opportunity to become a three-time UFC middleweight champion. However, before the fight, both fighters are continuing their battle outside the cage.

Recently, Adesanya uploaded an NSFW post mocking the UFC middleweight champ. In that post, Izzy mocked DDP's genitals. Although, at first the middleweight champion was quite puzzled after seeing that post. However, following Izzy's breakdown at the presser, DDP took on his X handle (@dricusduplessis) to mock the challenger in reference to that post.

As fight week approaches, anticipation is rising. DDP has the perfect chance to become one of the best current UFC middleweight fighters, while Adesanya has the chance to punish Du Plessis for his disrespectful rant against him. However, now it remains to be seen who comes out as the victor at UFC 305.

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