UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya’s claim he would “rape” a rival fighter is the sort of social media comment that can “normalise threats of sexual violence”, a rape prevention group says. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images Israel Adesanya is one of the biggest stars in the massive global promotion that is the UFC. Sportspeople and celebrities can really influence young people, we would like to see this happen in a positive way, not misused and normalising threats of sexual violence,” Tohill said. Hannah Peters/Getty Images UFC fighter Israel Adesanya speaks to the crowd at a black lives matter protest last year. I haven’t seen anything like that.”Where to get help for sexual violence:

Source: Stuff March 23, 2021 16:01 UTC