Tidigare den här månaden berättade den näste utmanaren om welterviktsbältet, Darren Till, att han inte bryr sig om någonting annat än ta hem titeln från mästaren Tyron Woodley. Engelsmannen stod under stark kritik för detta, då han berättade att han inte ens bryr sig om sin gravida flickvän eller sin dotter.
I’ve got a girlfriend who’s nearly seven months pregnant. I don’t really care. I’ve got a daughter in Brazil right now who I haven’t seen for one year. I don’t really care. I just care about legacy and greatness. That’s what I’m in this for.
Till förtydligade sedan via podcasten ’Obviously Fight Talk’ att han måste vara självisk inför sin match.
It’s all about being selfish now until the eighth of September. It’s funny, I haven’t even really read what people are saying but my girlfriend is sitting next to me right now, laughing. It comes to sort of right to stuff like that when my girlfriend is laughing and it’s offending grown men and grown women. That’s just funny shit. It doesn’t affect them.
Interimmästaren och rivalen Colby Covington gillade inte alls Tills kommentarer och sågade engelsmannen via ’BJPennRadio’:
Yeah, it shows he’s a fake piece of shit, and how do you not care for your daughter? You’re the man that fucking decided to go put your dick somewhere, and not use a condom, and be responsible for that, so own up to it man. Take responsibility. Be a fucking man.
So that’s sad, man, to see that. That’s disgusting. We don’t allow that in America. That’s not the way of the American people. That’s why I’m here. I’m gonna fucking go slap that little kid, and fucking make him sorry for being a piece of shit.
Till möter Woodley under UFC 228 i Dallas i Texas den 8 september.
Vad tycker ni om Tills uttalanden och Covingtons svar på dessa?
