Joaquin Buckley has issued a challenge to Israel Adesanya.
Following Buckley’s loss to Kamaru Usman in the main event of UFC Atlanta, Adesanya was shown on his YouTube channel watching the fight, saying Buckley is “annoying,” and that he hates the surging welterweight contender.
Buckley issued a quick social media response, but after giving an honest assessment of how his fight against Usman went, “New Mansa” unleashed a verbal tirade on the former middleweight champion.
“He knows what it is to take an L, but to say that you hate a motherf*cker and you glad that they lost, you glad that they didn’t achieve their dreams is wild to me, bro,” Buckley said on his YouTube channel. “Like, bro, why the f*ck you mad at me? What the f*ck did I do to you? I kind of find it funny that you hating on me, you need to be hating on the motherf*cker that took your belt.”
Buckley began his UFC tenure as a middleweight, but has found a lot of success in the UFC’s welterweight division. The loss to Usman was his first since moving to 170 pounds.
Before making the drop, Buckley said he had a face-to-face run-in with Adesanya and revealed he even made a request to face “The Last Stylebender” in the past.
“He’s trying to be funny, he’s trying to use his platform to talk shit on me, but that really just shows me the potential of my name, and how big I’m becoming,” Buckley explained. “Just like when I met his ass at the [UFC Performance Institute], and I ran up on him, and was like, ‘Hey, bro, I think we’d be a good ass fight, [Adesanya] was quiet at the time.
“But, see, I’m man enough to come up to your face. Tell me how you feel to my face, bro. Instead of being like a ho, you all underneath the covers like, ‘Man, I hate that [guy].’ …
“You ain’t no real fighter. You want to be a little pretty boy. I would give you a sample but I don’t like boy p*ssy.”
As of now, Buckley is figuring out his next move after having his long winning streak snapped by Usman. But if Adesanya wants to fight, Buckley seems completely open to bumping back up to middleweight to face another former UFC titleholder.
“You can get this work any given time, bro,” Buckley said. “I can give it to you, but I forgot… you Chinese, you ain’t another brother. The real African that runs that spot is DDP (Dricus du Plessis). You’re trying to make it like you’re a real African brother.
“No. DDP is, because he’s still getting it in where he’s from in South Africa. But where are you at? New Zealand? Australia? America? You don’t know who you’re riding with.”
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