Actor Chris Pratt apologizes to Adesanya

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"Guardians of the Galaxy" movie star Chris Pratt has apologized to UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. The apology came as a result of Pratt's criticisms regarding Isreal's performance during last weekend's UFC 276 fight with Jared Cannonier.

Pratt was one of the celebrities who graced the July 2nd fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. After the match, Adesanya emerged victorious, defending his title for the fifth time. Despite his victory, many critics tagged the match as dull and boring.

However, Adesanya won the fight in a unanimous decision, with the judges having no trouble scoring him the winner in all rounds. Pratt, on his side, joined the critics to roast the Nigerian-born champion. He said the Last Stylebender boasted but could not live up to expectations.

Pratt said disappointingly after the match,

I'm gonna say this as humbly as I can, as a guy who never stepped in the Octagon. I don't know this game; I'm just an actor. But I'm not a fan, man. I'm not a fan of coming out, like, all that talk and then just kind of putting on a little bit of a pitter-patter.

I'm like, 'Come on, man! Cash on that!' You've got to cash that promise of being so bad**.

Isreal Adesanya did not spare Pratt as he responded on Wednesday on Twitter by posting a clip from the movie "Wanted" and wrote:

Good morning. I'm the man. You're just some fan.

In that clip, Pratt was the character named Barry, a man that was smashed in the face with a keyboard by Wesley, another character. Before Barry was hit with the keyboard, he asked Wesley, 'Who's the man?'

Striking Barry, Wesley answers, "I'm the man."

The tweet led Pratt to apologize to the world's No. 3 pound-for-pound fighter.

Pratt tweeted:

You're right I'm sorry brother. It bugs me when people criticize my work-having never risked anything. It makes me a hypocrite to do exactly that to you. My bad. Keep on keeping on, champ.

However, Israel Adesanya called out Alex Pereira, his next opponent, after his victory over Cannonier at UFC 276. 

Pereira is a UFC fighter who ended Adesanya's 12-fight winning streak with a unanimous decision victory. Unfortunately, when they had a rematch, Israel lost again and lost consciousness but was resuscitated with oxygen.

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