Following his win over Bruno Silva at UFC Tampa this past Saturday, Manel Kape got on the microphone and slammed several stars, surprisingly including Israel Adesanya.
Since his arrival in the UFC in 2021, fans have been optimistic about Manel Kape‘s career, however, he hasn’t been able to live up to the expectations yet.
Despite that, he rebounded from his loss to Muhammad Mokaev earlier this year with an extremely dominant win over Bruno Silva this past Saturday at UFC Tampa.
Israel Adesanya reacts to Manel Kape calling him out after UFC Tampa win
Following his third-round TKO win over the 34-year-old Brazilian, ‘Starboy’ had a few callouts, one being far more bizarre than the others. Kape called for a flyweight title shot against Alexandre Pantoja, hoping to skip the line.
“F*ck Kai Kara-France, f*ck (Brandon) Moreno, f*ck (Israel) Adesanya,” Kape said in his Octagon interview.
Kape has a longstanding feud with not only Kai Kara-France but his entire team at City Kickboxing, including Israel Adesanya.
The two have previously clashed at the UFC 293 press conference after Kape went after Kara-France for withdrawing from their fight and of course, Adesanya backed his teammate up by confronting the flyweight.
“That was a great performance, man,” Adesayna reacted to Kape’s performance.
“Why did he say f*ck me for? Man, I give this guy his credit, he was looking nice, and then he said ‘f*ck you’. I’ll still keep it real, he f*cking showed out. This shows I’ve been in his head this whole time, I didn’t think it was like that but he did well. Good job little b*tch ass n****,” he continued.
Israel Adesanya set for his first non-title fight in five years as his return is confirmed
This past weekend, the promotion confirmed that Adesanya’s return is set to take place on February 1, as the UFC returns to Saudi Arabia for their second event, with ‘The Last Stylebender’ taking on Nassourdine Imavov in the main event.
The former middleweight champion is seemingly not done in his pursuit back to the title as he looks to halt the three-fight win streak of the ‘Russian Sniper’.
With a win over Imavov at UFC Saudi Arabia, Adesanya could find himself immediately back in the title picture, especially considering Dricus Du Plessis is set to defend his title against Sean Strickland in a rematch, despite Strickland having only picked up one win since their first meeting.