"Rumour has it, it’s Strickland" - MMA X erupts as fan screams "racist" remark at Kai Asakura during UFC 310 face-off with Alexandre Pantoja

Kai Asakura recently faced off with Alexandre Pantoja ahead of their flyweight title fight at UFC 310 this weekend. The event will go down at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shavkat Rakhmonov will notably take on Ian Machado Garry in a welterweight contest in the co-main event.

During the Pantoja-Asakura face-off, a fan in the crowd hurled a racially insensitive remark at the Japanese fighter, loudly yelling:

"The sport doesn't want a K-Pop champion."

After @Home_Of_Fight posted a clip of the incident on X, many fans flocked to the comments section to express their reaction.

One fan joked about famously unfiltered Sean Strickland being the one who yelled out from the crowd and wrote:

"Rumor has it, it's Strickland screaming this."

Another fan wrote:

"American fans being racist, same old story."

One user wrote:

"This is insane... As an American, I am dissapointed."

Check out some more fan reactions below:

Screenshots from @Home_Of_Fight on X

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Israel Adesanya previews Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Asakura title fight at UFC 310

Israel Adesanya recently broke down the upcoming Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Asakura title fight at UFC 310 and shared his thoughts on the contest. Pantoja is coming off a solid unanimous decision win over Steve Erceg at UFC 301 in May, while Asakura last beat Juan Archuleta at RIZIN 45 last December. This will notably be Asakura's UFC debut fight.

In a recent YouTube video, 'The Last Stylebender' shared his thoughts on the flyweight showdown and outlined how he saw the fight playing out. He said:

"Pantoja knows how to scramble, but he also knows how to scrap... A guy like this, Kai, you just have to make him pay... Who has made him pay yet for being reckless? You have to have someone who is confident in their skills enough to not fear [Asakura's] barrage."

Adesanya continued:

"Pantoja can grapple. I'm sure [Asakura] is very well-versed. But this is going to be a crazy fight. This might be the sleeper fight for f**k sake! And it's the main event. All I know is this card is f**king stacked."

Catch Israel Adesanya's comments below (15:45):