Nigerian born mixed martial artist Israel Adesanya on Thursday arrived in Lagos with his parents after losing the middleweight battle at UFC 305 to South African Dricus Du Plessis.
The two-time UFC champion would visit Nigeria for the second time in five years. He was in the country in 2019.
Adesanya arrived in Nigeria after the African Martial artist champion taunted his heritage during their press conference ahead of the UFC 305 middleweight title fight.
Du Plessis forced Adesanya to submit in the fourth round to retain his title and earned an opportunity to defend his title next in his home country of South Africa, as earlier promised by UFC President Dana White.
The Nigerian born style-blender, in a video shared on his Instagram and recirculated on X, arrived at Lagos airport and was received by fans who warmly welcomed him and his family with Yoruba music.
A group of local drummers performed to welcome the fighter, who famously refers to himself as “Omo Oba”, which means the king’s son or prince.
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