Hollywood star Pratt says sorry to Adesanya 

Hollywood star Chris Pratt has issued a grovelling apology to Israel Adesanya after being called out by the UFC middleweight champion.

The Guardians of the Galaxy star drew the ire of the 185lb king last weekend by labelling his UFC 276 title defence against Jared Cannonier a "pitter-patter" performance.

Adesanya took exception to the criticism and responded with a snippet of Pratt being hit in the face by James McAvoy in 'Wanted', writing in his accompanying caption: “Good morning. I’m the man. You’re just some fan.”

That prompted a swift apology from the Hollywood star, who admitted: "You’re right. I’m sorry brutha.

"It bugs me when people criticize my work- having never themselves risked anything.

"It makes me a hypocrite to do exactly that to you. My bad. Keep on keeping on champ."

Adesanya, 32, strategically outpointed the in-form Cannonier to register his fifth defence of the UFC's middleweight throne, although a cageside Pratt was far from impressed from the dominant display.

He said: “I’m going to say this as humbly as I can – I’ve never been in the octagon. I don’t know this game.

“I’m just an actor. But I don’t like to go out there and have all that talk, and then just do a little bit of pitter-patter.

"I mean, come on, man. You’ve got to capitalise on that promise of being so badass.”