Media Fans are not happy with Izzy's behavior

[Poirierfan]

I've been brewery hopping since 11AM PT and am at least 40 four ounce pours deep. I'm just buzzed as shit, lol.

Hey now!!! Lol

 

[Substance Abuse]

Hey now!!! Lol

 

[fortheo]

"Did those belts ever go to Africa? As far as I know it came to America and New Zealand. I'm gonna take the belt to Africa. I'm the African fighter in the UFC" -Dricus Du Plessi

You realize the context in which he said that, right? Izzy wasnt a champ. Usman wasn't a champ, and ngannou was in endless negotiations. The journalist pointed that out and said there wasn't many fighters at the highest level to represent Africa anymore.....to which dricus said, "I'm the african fighter"

Meaning, in a time where all those other africans were losing or seemingly leaving the ufc, he'll be the one to represent africa at the highest level in mma.

 

[Adamant__]

I've been brewery hopping since 11AM PT and am at least at 40 four ounce pours deep. I'm just buzzed as shit, lol.

Alcoholic!

 

[fortheo]

"I'm the African fighter in the UFC"
Yes because he fights out of South Africa lol. That's what he meant by that. He resides in there, he represents the country. I don't know what is so confusing about this.

Also, read my post above. I feel like so many people forget the context of that quote and what the journalist asked him in order to prompt that statement from dricus. It is amazing how many people took that message wrong

 

[Adamant__]

Also, read my post above. I feel like so many people forget the context of that quote and what the journalist asked him in order to prompt that statement from dricus. It is amazing how many people took that message wrong

Ye, I also should have added that. Even without that, it's perfectly fine for him to say this. He just says he represents South Africa. People just looking for a way to bash him. It's unbelievable.

 

[regmma123]

I can hear Nardwuars voice (and see mark Zuckerbergs face) in sherfront's collective anguish

 

[Substance Abuse]

Alcoholic!

Facts. I just called for another five stout flight, lol.

 

[Question]

Ye lol. Me, @fortheo and @Clementine were all on that

@fortheo is an OG DDP fan.
Dude's been on that train believing he's a top middleweight for quite a long time now and DDP just proved it.

 

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

LOL the irony here is strong, you are the one being insincere by trying to push the false narrative that DDP was being racist when he clearly wasn't. I get it though you're an Izzy fan and he has now been clearly outed as a racist, must suck to try and defend such behaviour but pushing false narratives is not the way to go.

I never said he was being racist. I said he implied he was more African than them

You are trying to gaslight me bro. Not cool

 

[textwarrior]

And rightfully so. What the hell was that man...

I mean, not surprised, be a human being for once Izzy...not sure why he comes in with a mental midget attitude or Jr High Kid attitude...DDP was respecting RW who is a nice respectful guy...like does respect mean anything to this guy?

 

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

"I'm the African fighter in the UFC"
Yes because he fights out of South Africa lol. That's what he meant by that. He resides in there, he represents the country. I don't know what is so confusing about this.

You realize the context in which he said that, right? Izzy wasnt a champ. Usman wasn't a champ, and ngannou was in endless negotiations. The journalist pointed that out and said there wasn't many fighters at the highest level to represent Africa anymore.....to which dricus said, "I'm the african fighter"

Meaning, in a time where all those other africans were losing or seemingly leaving the ufc, he'll be the one to represent africa at the highest level in mma.

Let’s ignore the rest

“Did those belts go to Africa?”

Very clear implication here. Pretty scummy of him

 

[textwarrior]

But daddy Dana more or less said it was perfectly fine. Btw, you were correct about DDP, he did surprise the fuck outta me. It was you that said that, right? Lol

I as well, I thought he would lose this one.

 

[wildchild88]

And yet Izzy has 10's of thousands of people interacting with his posts

His online engagement is one the highest in the UFC

The interest for their potential fight is already incredibly high. And it will only grow once there is an official announcement

Hate him or love him you are paying attention

Adesanya is out here playing 4D chess while y'all playing tic-tac-toe

Who cares about the interest / revenue of that fight?

Fact is that DDP and Izzy have been irresponsible and immature in dealing with a serious issue that has real world implications.

DDP's comments were tone-deaf, insensitive, a-historical and stupid.

Izzy's reaction has been aggressive, uncontrolled and immature.

The overall result has been that the situation is very divisive, in a time where we need unity.

How will we resolve it? Through violence. Likely we will see Izzy annihilate DDP and get in the face of his bloody TKO'd opponent.. is that a healthy way for the fans to process racial tension / division? I don't think so.

That said, I like Izzy (I'm trying to be a fan) and DDP, I'd like them to come to an understanding before the fight, some things are more important than money.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

For fuck sakes. They're both African, born in Africa. Idk why they're fighting over who's more African. It's just stupid. I can't help shake the feeling though that both are playing 4d chess here and it wil be revealed after their fight that there was never any beef.

 

[Kb7]

Let’s ignore the rest

“Did those belts go to Africa?”

Very clear implication here. Pretty scummy of him

Scummy of Du Plessis for what? Telling the truth? Adesanya's belt resides in New Zealand, Kamarus resides in America as does Francis. If Du Plessis wins, his championship belt will reside in S.Africa. The only scummy thing here is you defending Israel who had a racist rant towards Du Plessis & trying to justify it by taking Du Plessis words out of context.

You can be a fan of Israel all you want, he's a amazing fighter but you trying justify his immaturity & lack of control to make it seem
like Du Plessis is the scummy one here shows your level of maturity as person & as a fan.

 

[MommyBeast]

Let’s ignore the rest

“Did those belts go to Africa?”

Very clear implication here. Pretty scummy of him

Oh heavens no, what a scummy meany face, asking if the belts went to Africa. Brb ripping all my DDP posters from my moms RV that I live in

 

[chaos_36]

I'm an Izzy fan but that shit was pretty classless. Let Dricus have his moment, he deserves it.

 

[Reign009]

Who cares about the interest / revenue of that fight?

Fact is that DDP and Izzy have been irresponsible and immature in dealing with a serious issue that has real world implications.

DDP's comments were tone-deaf, insensitive, a-historical and stupid.

Izzy's reaction has been aggressive, uncontrolled and immature.

The overall result has been that the situation is very divisive, in a time where we need unity.

How will we resolve it? Through violence. Likely we will see Izzy annihilate DDP and get in the face of his bloody TKO'd opponent.. is that a healthy way for the fans to process racial tension / division? I don't think so.

That said, I like Izzy (I'm trying to be a fan) and DDP, I'd like them to come to an understanding before the fight, some things are more important than money.

Lol, DDP's comment was mild at worst and Izzy really overreacted.

 

[textwarrior]

But I feel like fans here and on YouTube videos always hate on him but then at the press conferences he still gets a lot of applause. I think casual type of fans just like him more because of his antics and stuff whereas people who follower closer don't really like him as much

I think the human race has a hard time with him...he is just disgusting as a human.