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Israel Adesanya has launched a stunning attack on Australian MMA fans who supported American Sean Strickland in their title bout at UFC 293, describing them as 'racist'.
The former two-time middleweight champion, 34, suffered one of the most shocking UFC results in recent history when he lost a one-sided decision to Strickland at the September 10 event in Sydney.
Strickland stunned the MMA world with the result, and seemed to have much of the crowd on his side during the thrilling bout.
The American star also did much to win the Aussie fans over during the lead up to the event by wearing a Crocodile Dundee-style hat and a t-shirt with 'For the people, by the people' printed on it.
Israel Adesanya (pictured) has called Aussie fans supporting Sean Strickland racist
Strickland had strong support from Aussie fans while competing in Sydney against Adesanya
While appearing on a recent episode of "The MMA Hour, Adesanya told host Ariel Helwani that he wasn't
