Joaquin Buckley made a hater from Israel Adesanya in UFC Atlanta.
The #7 UFC Welterweight participant on a win with six fights, fell short in the headliner of UFC Atlanta, where he fought against former champion and pound-for-pound Koning Kamaru Usman.
Usman handed in a vintage performance about Buckley and sets him up in a dominant decision victory.
Usman had the support of Africa's former UFC champions Francis Ngannou and Israel Adesanya, who let the world know how much he hated the 'annoying' Buckley in a recent upload to his YouTube channel.
Days removed from his loss of the most important event, Buckley has captured Adesanya's comments.
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Joaquin Buckley says that Israel Adesanya should hate Dricus du Plessis, not him
Adesanya had quite a few rivals during his middleweight title, such as Robert Whittaker, Alex Pereira and Sean Strickland.
One of Adesanya's biggest rivals only later appeared in his career when the South African champion Drus Du Plessis defeated 'The Last Stylebender' in a legendary resorting competition last summer on UFC 305.
Buckley used Du Plessis to publish a wild reaction to Adesanya.
“Hate the farmer that your belt n– not me,” Buckley wrote on 'X' on Monday.
#Hatetheboern —
“Stand on business bolt Africa or China or where the FU of B —-.”
Buckley referred to Du Plessis as a 'farmer', who is related to the Dutch people who settled in South Africa in the 1600s.
A word war started between Du Plessis and Adesanya after Du Plessis claimed that he would become an African champion in 2023.
Israël Adesanya could not stop hating on Joaquin Buckley while watching his fight with Kamaru Usman last night ðŸ˜
“I hate this N **** bro. Something about him just annoys me.”
🎥 @stylebender pic.twitter.com/9rzSpkdfo6
– Championship Rounds (@champrds) 15 June 2025
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Gilbert Burns predicted the way in which Kamaru usman Joaquin Buckley
Almost four years since his last victory and two years since his last fight, USman was eliminated by many against the younger Buckley Competer.
Top candidate Sean Brady believed that Buckley was 'too young' and 'too physical' for Usman and chooses him to win through unanimous decision.
A former enemy of Usman and Brady, ranked UFC Welterweight Gilbert Burns on Saturday has chosen Usman about Buckley.
Burns expected Usman to pour on the pressure and mix his wrestling as his teammate Logan Storley did in 2018, and Usman did exactly that.
Buckley was brought down four times by Usman in their fight and checked almost 13 minutes of their 25 -minute fight.