Wednesday in Australia a clash of UFC fighters happened outside of the cage between Fabricio Werdum and Colby Covington.
The incident is now being investigated by UFC officials, but they’re still letting Saturday’s main event featuring Werdum go on as planned.
The altercation stems from Covington’s disparaging comments towards Brazil after his win over Demian Maia in Sao Paulo., and former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum was not going to stand for it.
Now, several UFC fighters have taken to Twitter to react to the situation.
Check it out:
Fucking Werdum threw a Boomerang ? pic.twitter.com/JVt12MZbuf
— Chase Sherman (@ChaseShermanUFC) November 16, 2017
Werdum is the Brazilian hero hahaha… @FabricioWerdum e o herói Brasileiro hahaha @ColbyCovMMA ??????
— rafael natal (@rafaelsaponatal) November 16, 2017
I despise racism , good job today @FabricioWerdum dude had the audacity to call you a "faggot" as he's backing up on Facebook live. ??
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) November 16, 2017
Colby Covington should’ve brought that heat to Werdum. Now it’s Colby “Malibu’s most wanted” Covington shoutout to b rad! ??♂️?
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) November 16, 2017
Why’d h me take the bag though https://t.co/OWghMvC4o9
— Jon Fitch (@jonfitchdotnet) November 16, 2017
He should be glad that’s all he got!! He’s messing with the wrong ppl
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) November 16, 2017
Colby is lucky Werdum doesn’t know how to properly throw a boomerang. If he did, Colby might could have got his head cutoff.
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) November 16, 2017
?? He is officially considered an Australian Citizen. ?? #strayamate https://t.co/f7d3Og1hHx
— Bec Rawlings (@RowdyBec) November 16, 2017
Yeah the boomerang that hit him on the shoulder punched him in the face! ? https://t.co/hNAX82pRDN
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) November 16, 2017
I highly doubt @ColbyCovMMA went up to him, called him names and leg kicked him….. ??? #UFC https://t.co/7241NrRXGj
— Nik Lentz (@NikLentz) November 16, 2017
Omg ??? A Boomerang….. only in #Australia hahahahaha pic.twitter.com/u8RigMcI1e
— Nik Lentz (@NikLentz) November 16, 2017
Anyway! Got a lil heated by the way the media only likes to portray certain things and ppl! And people end up believing everything they see and hear on the news and the World Wide Web!
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) November 16, 2017
Not enough people get hit with boomerangs
— Mitch Clarke (@MitchClarkeMMA) November 16, 2017
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” Just leaving this out
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) November 16, 2017
COLBY STRAIGHT UP LYING! SAYING HE GOT PUNCHED!!! WHEN CLEARLY HE DIDNT!!! THATS LIE #1, WHAT OTHER LIES DID HE SAY!
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) November 16, 2017
@FabricioWerdum is one of the kindest person I know. If someone talked smack about your country… https://t.co/8x4WpStfpr
— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) November 16, 2017
Seen that one as well bro. You talk shit, you get slapped that’s the old school way. He’s a young guy acting up when there’s veterans around who don’t give a shit. Werdum would slap his arse without thinking
— Damien Brown (@beatdown155) November 16, 2017
