Things got heated between middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and flyweight contender Manel Kape at last nights UFC 293 press conference.
Kape, who was originally slated to fight Adesanyaโs teammate Kai Kara-France, went on a rant about Kara-France, who was sitting in the crowd. During the rant, Kape threw a water bottle into the crowd in an attempt to hit Kara-France.
After the bottle was thrown, Adesanya rose to his feet and face off with Kape, telling him to โshow some f**king respect.โ
โLook at this little midget trying to f**k with me, I will f**king bury youโ Adesanya said to the crowd as the altercation died down.
Adesanyaโs opponent, controversial American Sean Strickland chimed in during the scuffle.
โLeave the little man alone. Iโm supposed to be the a**hole here Izzy thatโs not your job.โ he said.
Caught in between the two, Australian heavyweight Tai Tuivasa attempted to calm the chaos, joking that Kape โhangs out with Lebos for two days and starts fighting everyone.โ