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Hey Ariel! You and the guys went back and forth on what Volk’s next fight should be - Islam or Topuria. One option I’m surprised hasn’t been brought up is Aljamain Sterling if he wins at UFC 292. All signs point to him moving up if he wins in August. Could Volk’s next fight be Aljamain Sterling attempting Double Champ status, or is Topuria the more attractive option at 145?
Hi Ariel and team. As a South African, I just feel that I need to try and clarify Dricus' comments. You guys on this show, the public and Israel are very uninformed what this is actually about. You played Dricus' comments a few times on your show. In Dricus' mind an African champion or a real African champion (whatever way you want to call it) is someone who resides in Africa, trains in Africa etc., etc.. He wants to be the first African residing champion. That is HIS thing, that is part of HIS goal. Why is this so important to him? Why is this so important to us as South Africans? Do you know why? In very short terms, South African people leave to go to first world countries as they believe there are better opportunities out there and mostly they are right. Dricus is a patriot. He created the CIT gym. He wants to prove that someone from Africa from a small gym can become champion, can beat people from bigger gyms all around the world. He just wants to prove that it can be done. He creates opportunities and hope for the younger generation. As a South African that is extremely important to us. People don't understand our pride, people don't understand our patriotism, people don't really get what this is about. Dricus wants to prove that you don't have to leave. We have the resources right here. This actually has nothing to do with the 3 African champs. Nothing. All those other stuff you spoke about, apartheid, race etc.. Ariel, you are misssing the ball by a mile. We as South Africans immediately knew what he meant and he also confirmed what I just said in much more detail in multiple interviews. Maybe educate yourself by speaking to people from South Africa and not what you read on the internet.
Let's move to the IG posts from Dricus and coach. You know when this became personal from DDP's camp? After Israel's comments about dragging DDP's carcass across South Africa. There is a lot there, it is here where it became personal, those IG posts about NZ, My home, my Africa etc. were in response to that and also in response to Usman's China comments. Why do you ignore that fact? There is underlying intentions and hate here and it is clear that it only comes from Izzy's side. Imagine DDP said the stuff on your show that Izzy did? Imagine DDP said those things in the octagon that Izzy did?
My question to you is, why don't you try to understand from DDP's point of view by asking people from South Africa, instead of making all these assumptions and conclusions which could not be more further from the truth? Ariel, you are misinforming people.
Kind Regards
Rikus