Twitter reacts to Dricus Du Plessis' TKO of Robert Whittaker, faceoff with Israel Adesanya at UFC 290

The MMA community was stunned by Dricus Du Plessis' upset of Robert Whittaker at UFC 290 and critical of the faceoff with Israel Adesanya.

Dricus Du Plessis solidified his first chance at gold on Saturday when he defeated fellow contender Robert Whittaker in the UFC 290 featured bout.

Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC) emerged from his middleweight title eliminator with former champ Whittaker (24-7 MMA, 15-5 UFC) by second-round TKO at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, setting up a heated grudge match with champ Israel Adesanya at September’s UFC 293 event in Sydney after the pair faced off in the octagon in an emotional scene.

Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Du Plessis’ victory over Whittaker at UFC 290.

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