Chris Weidman var en av de få som var med när Cris Cyborg slog till stråviktaren Angela Magana på UFC Athlete Retreat i maj, en händelse som har figurerat väldigt mycket i medierna.
I senaste avsnittet av TheMMAHour så berättar Weidman om händelsen som ägde rum när de gick av bussen som hade tagit dem till hotellet efter de hade besökt UFC Performance Institute.
When we got off the bus, that girl, Magana, was right in front of me. As I come off the bus, all I see is Cyborg run up to Magana’s face and they’re having words. I had no idea what was going on. I didn’t know if there was any beef. … I don’t follow (Magana) on Twitter so I didn’t realize what she was saying.
Basically, Cyborg was going nuts on her, like all the words you can think of. She was screaming ‘Who the f**k do you think you are?’ and talking like this and blah, blah, blah.
Magana was kind of quiet and shocked. She was kind of smiling, like a nervous smile. I was thinking, ‘Oh my God’ because she’s way smaller than Cyborg.
Weidman berättar sedan hur Magana började förolämpa Cyborg och tjafsa tillbaka, vilket ledde till att situationen eskalerade ännu mer.
All of sudden (Magana) realizes what’s going on around her. She sees that there are a lot of people around and she sees cameras coming out. She grew some balls and all of sudden she starts cursing back at Cyborg. I was thinking, ‘That’s not smart.’
As soon as I saw (Magana) cursing back at Cyborg, I realize there is no one in between them and that something is going to go down. I started trying to break it up.
I came in like, ‘C’mon, guys, let’s calm it down,’ and as soon (as I did that) ‘Cyborg’ just stops screaming at Magana, looks at me and says, ‘Don’t touch me.’
“I was like, ‘Alright, I’m good!’So I backed up and then within a second (Cyborg) takes her hand and cracks Magana. Magana did a little shaky leg thing and right away she got teary-eyed. At least from what I heard, right away she started to say, ‘I’m calling the cops’.
That was the first thing and then Cyborg just jetted out.
Cyborg blev anmäld av polisen för lindrigare fall av misshandel men någon dom har ännu inte kommit.
Weidman hade ingen aning om vad som ledde upp till bråket, men efter att ha sett några av inläggen om Cyborg på sociala medier som Magana har lagt upp, kan han förstå var ilskan kommer ifrån.
I had no idea what was going on. I was just thinking, ‘I can’t believe she just beat the s**t out of this little girl.’
That’s what was going through my head then, but when I saw some of the stuff she was saying to Cyborg I could understand. I don’t know why she would be saying stuff like that to Cyborg, especially if you know you could be seeing her.
If someone was talking s**t like that about me, I’d probably have something to say to them the next time I see them and we could probably be fighting. I do see where Cyborg went with that.
Unfortunately, in the world we live in today there are cops and lawsuits, so you can’t just punch people. You have to find other ways to resolve your issues.
Weidman nämnde sedan att UFCs VD, Dana White, har film på händelsen där man kan se när Weidman snabbt drar sig undan på Cyborgs begäran.
The best part of it is, Dana White has the video. He showed me at this thing (we did), but I don’t know if he’s ever going to release it. It is hysterical the way I backtracked.
They were busting my balls but I have no shame. What am I going to do, step in there to Cyborg and say, ‘No, I will touch you’ and she kicks my ass? What am I gonna do kick her ass? Either way, I’m screwed.
What if she knocked me out? I may as well just retire then.
