Israel Adesanya, the UFC middleweight champion, was one of some 4,000 New Zealand protesters demonstrating against the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd in a Black Lives Matter protest in Auckland in June. Photo: AFPIsrael Adesanya, the UFC middleweight champion, was one of some 4,000 New Zealand protesters demonstrating against the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd in a Black Lives Matter protest in Auckland in June. Photo: AFP
Israel Adesanya, the UFC middleweight champion, was one of some 4,000 New Zealand protesters demonstrating against the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd in a Black Lives Matter protest in Auckland in June. Photo: AFP
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UFC: Israel Adesanya tells fans not to ignore ‘the elephant in the room’ during Juneteenth commemorations

  • Nigerian-Kiwi Adesanya tells fans to ‘f*** the system’ as he believes world power will ‘return to the people’
  • Rumours continue to swirl around the middleweight champion’s title defence against Paulo Costa
Topic |   Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
Andrew McNicol
Andrew McNicol

Updated: 7:36pm, 22 Jun, 2020

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Israel Adesanya, the UFC middleweight champion, was one of some 4,000 New Zealand protesters demonstrating against the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd in a Black Lives Matter protest in Auckland in June. Photo: AFPIsrael Adesanya, the UFC middleweight champion, was one of some 4,000 New Zealand protesters demonstrating against the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd in a Black Lives Matter protest in Auckland in June. Photo: AFP
Israel Adesanya, the UFC middleweight champion, was one of some 4,000 New Zealand protesters demonstrating against the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd in a Black Lives Matter protest in Auckland in June. Photo: AFP
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