Israel Adesanya Explains Seeing an Accidental Death During Car Altercation: “Senseless Street Violence.”

revealed some insight into a now-viral confrontation he had with a random man on the streets of Auckland.

Last month, a video made the rounds on social media that showed the former two-time middleweight world champion in a heated exchange with an unidentified man on a street corner. Though things escalated quickly with obscenities and racial slurs reportedly being flung, things never got physical between the two.

During a recent appearance on The Adam Carolla Show, Adesanya recounted the incident and revealed why he chose not to engage with the man outside of throwing a few verbal jabs.