I have seen/heard others because I literally addressed that multiple times. Phrase A has a meaning, Phrase B has a different meaning. He wants to use the meaning of Phrase B, but he wants to use Phrase A, so he attaches these qualifiers until it means Phrase B. But the qualifiers are ridiculous because Phrase B already exists. That's why I said exactly what I said. He continually uses those qualifiers and was misrepresented multiple times by MMA media, so the fault is not all his, but if he wants to mean he would be the first champ residing in Africa, fighting out of Africa, or even first product solely from or representing Africa, then those are the things he means. But he chose a different phrase that doesn't mean that and just continually adds on like T&C text (under these specific conditions that actually mean an entirely different idea).
The Bisping Edwards comparison is meaningless. Edwards actually did say first British Champion, and Bisping DID comment that he said that incorrect statement, but just respectfully bowed out and wanted to give Leon his moment. Now, is somehow being less respectful than Bisping a problem for Izzy? Of course. But Edwards was wrong then too, but Bisping didn't get up in arms about him being wrong, and there's no historical context of a larger governmental suppression/division of race or systematic oppression, so the intangibles don't match either. I've already stated the difference between European and African identity, and trying to compare them again is just silly, so I'm not gonna even dignify that one, but yeah, it would be racist to suggest Edwards isn't British because he came from Jamaica, but if we were to compare him to Izzy: Edwards also reps his Jamaican flag since he was born there, and I've heard plenty of people here complaining about that as well. Not to the extent they do with Izzy, but people still raise a fuss about nationality there too.
