{"id":342123,"date":"2020-02-23T14:57:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T22:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=342123"},"modified":"2020-02-23T14:57:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T22:57:52","slug":"israel-adesanya-issues-apology-for-controversial-twin-towers-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-issues-apology-for-controversial-twin-towers-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya issues apology for controversial \u201ctwin towers\u201d comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has issued an apology for his controversial comment involving the twin towers.<\/p>\n

During the UFC 248 press conference call, \u2018Stylebender\u2019 suggested that he would make his next opponent Yoel Romero crumble<\/a> like the \u201ctwin towers\u201d next month in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

That 9\/11 reference did not sit well with many members of the MMA Community, including top middleweight contender Paulo Costa who unloaded on Israel Adesanya for his \u201cdisrespectful\u201d remarks.<\/p>\n

\"Israel<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael Adesanya. You are a disgusting piece of shit. How dare you make a joke disrespecting the thousands who died and the heroic firefighters and police. I will really kill you, dirty kiwi.\u201d \u2013 Paulo Costa wrote on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today, Adesanya responded to the backlash with the following apology on his Instagram live feed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never made a joke about people dying or made light of the tragic event that was 9\/11,\u201d Israel Adesanya explained. \u201cI was simply rambling and my brain worked faster than my mouth in a moment to (choose) the wrong euphemism. You speak on the mic enough times and you\u2019re bound to miss the mark with some bars. I did on this one and for that I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019ll be more careful in (the) future with my words.\u201d<\/p>\n