For the primary time since their notorious in-cage alternate practically one 12 months in the past, Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya acquired face-to-face at Tuesday’s UFC 305 on-sale press convention in Australia.

Du Plessis (21-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) will try to make his first middleweight title protection within the Aug. 17 headliner when he takes on former champion and rival Adesanya (24-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) at RAC Area in Perth (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).

The heated back-and-forth that occurred following Du Plessis’ upset TKO end of Robert Whittaker at UFC 290 in July 2019 was a precursor to the a number of the phrase on the press convention, as feedback about race and lineage proceed to be an undertone to the 185-pound title bout.

The depth between the 2 sides carried into the faceoff after the press convention, which you’ll watch within the video above.

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