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Ngemuva kokuthi uDricus du Plessis ehlule u-Israel Adesanya e-Perth, abalandeli baseNingizimu Afrika bajabule ngokuthi ingase ibanjelwa kuleli impi yakhe elandelayo yesicoco se-UFC middleweight.
Umengameli we-UFC uDana White uthe uma uDu Plessis ewina, iNingizimu Afrika ingase ithole ithuba lokusingatha umcimbi omkhulu we-UFC.
Manje njengoba enqobile, ukuhlela sekuqalile – kodwa akulula njengoba bekubonakala.
Iphini likamengameli omkhulu we-UFC uDavid Shaw uchaze ezinye zezinselelo.
“Isimo sikaDricus sinzima. Uma sifika e-Afrika, sifuna ukwenza isinyathelo sokuqala esihle, ngakho-ke ngabe sifuna ukwenza umcimbi phakathi kwamabili?” esho ekhuluma ngomehluko wesikhathi phakathi kweNingizimu Afrika neMelika.
UShaw uphinde wakhuluma ngezezemali.
“Iziphi izinselelo zezimali zokuletha umcimbi okhokhelwayo eNingizimu Afrika? Ingakanani imali engenayo yokuthengiswa kwamathikithi uma iqhathaniswa nezinye izindawo?”
Inkinga eyodwa enkulu ukuthi indawo enkulu ngaphakathi eNingizimu Afrika, okuyi-Sun Arena ese-Times Square ePitoli, ingamumatha abantu abangu-10,000 kuphela, okuyisibalo esincane kakhulu emcimbini we-UFC.
Ukusingatha umcimbi wangaphandle nakho kuyingozi ngoba isimo sezulu asibikezeli, futhi azikho izinkundla ezinkulu eNingizimu Afrika ezinophahla.
Naphezu kwalezi zinselelo, ukuhlela kuqhubekela phambili, futhi uDana White uzimisele ukukwenza kwenzeke.
“Okucacile ukuthi uma uDana efuna ukwenzela abalandeli okuthile nokukhulisa ezemidlalo, uzokwenza kwenzeke, naphezu kwezinselelo. Ngakho-ke, lokhu kuzokwenzeka ngo-2025; asifuni ukulinda isikhathi eside,” kusho uShaw.
I-UFC ayikaze ibe nomcimbi e-Afrika.
Esithombeni esingenhla: UDricus du Plessis.
Umthombo: @africafactszone