These UFC fighters just can’t seem to get it together on the anti-homophobia front.
Just over a month after UFC champ Michael Bisping dropped an f-bomb at an opponent during a press conference, UFC Fighter Donald Cerrone apologized after using an antigay slur during a Q&A session at a fan expo in Las Vegas.
The Washington Post‘s Cindy Boren reports:
The topic of “worst fight” at the event, which lost some of its luster with Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor out and with Jon Jones a late scratch because of a failed drug test, came up and Cerrone didn’t hold back as the conversation turned to the fight between Daniel Cormier and Anderson Silva — a late substitute for Jones. Cormier won with a wrestling-centric game plan that Cerrone found objectionable.
“Your boy, DC. Terrible!” Cerrone said to CM Punk. Punk asked for specifics and Cerrone replied: “Terrible. How are you going to give up weight and then fight like a [anti-gay slur], man?”
Since The Washington Post is a bit more proper than us with the language, we’re going to assume the [anti-gay slur] in question is “fag,” and Cerrone (of course) took to social media with an (since deleted) apology:
How about we take this to the next level?
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“Earlier today, I said something that was offensive & I’m truly sorry. I’ve got so many friends and fans in the LGBTQ community who I let down today. I can and will be better because I respect the community and equality matters! #WeAreAllFighters”
We’re not foolish enough to think that we won’t be covering another homophobic UFC fighter within months (if not weeks or days), so we’ll just say: do better, UFC.
Aromaeus
Inb4 the house homos defend this guy because being called a slur is no big deal in 2016.
Kangol
Why do these white athletes hate gay people so much?
Brian
Why didn’t the Washington Post publish the anti-gay slur? Is it into censorship? Looks like it.
As for these UFC fighters, come on, people. These guys aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed. Some of them haven’t even made it through primary school. Many of them are fu@cked up in the head, not just from the misfortune of their genetics but also from the blows they’ve received during their fights.
Don’t look up to these buffoons as paragons of virtue. They are paid fighters in the swirling mass of capitalism called the UFC.
Captain Obvious
@Kangol: If this guy was black there would’ve been over 60 comments and tons of racial slurs.
Tackle
@Captain Obvious: With @Brian being one of the main ones!