Israel Adesanya Apologises For His Rape Comment, After Getting Slammed By New Zealand Deputy-PM

Nigerian born and New Zealand UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has tendered an apology for his most recent fight talk where he said he would “rape” his fellow fighter Kevin Holland on social media. Israel Adesanya

This came after he was slammed for his statement by the New-Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson who had asked the UFC to take an action on Israel for his statement.
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The UFC star who recently lost his unbeaten record to Polish heavyweight UFC fighter Jan Blachowicz came under severe attack for his rape comment in a now-deleted video he shared on his Instagram page. Israel Adesanya said in the video, “Bro, I will fuckin’ rape you,” Israel Adesanya had said in an Instagram video directed at Kevin Holland.

In a statement released on Friday morning, the Nigerian-born New Zealand MMA fighter admitted that his comment was faulty, noting that he “crossed the line”.

The statement on Israel Adesanya’s Twitter account read,

“Last week fight talk escalated to a point in which I crossed the line. I understand the gravity of this word and how it can affect and hurt other people apart from my opponent, although that was never my intention. “I am still growing under the spotlight, and I take this as a lesson to be more selective with words under pressure.”

Here is New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson statement criticizing the MMA fighter, asking the UFC to take action against Adesanya.

Robertson said,

“There is never a time to make flippant comments about rape. It’s just not something anybody should do.
“I’m sure Israel understands that. I believe he has deleted the tweet in question. It will be up to the UFC as to what they do.
“But I would certainly be making clear to him, and to anybody actually, that we have to take rape seriously.
“It’s not an issue that anyone should be making jokes or flippant comments about at all.”

Israel Adesanya

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