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Earlier this month, UFC bantamweight champ Cody Garbrandt and bantamweight contender Aljamain Sterling got into it on Twitter. This beef started innocently enough, but blew up when Garbrandt called Sterling “boy,” a comment that was immediately criticized for it’s racial undertone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour<\/a>, Garbrandt explained where his beef with Sterling began,<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t like that guy,\u201d Garbrandt said (h\/t Peter Carroll of MMAFighting.com<\/a>). <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHe got all mad because over a year ago I told him that he was overrated. So the guy starts running his mouth and I see a TMZ report that he said he was going to kill me. So I was like, \u2018Oh you\u2019re going to kill me?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSo I took a screen shot and I sent it to him in a DM and he acted like a little bitch and that\u2019s what he is.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Garbrandt also addressed his “boy” comment, assuring he didn’t realize the negative connotation of it, and admitting that another word might have been better.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI should have called him a little bitch, not \u2018boy<\/a>\u2019, I didn\u2019t know that it was politically incorrect. I got a shirt that says \u2018Hanging with the boys\u2019, I call everybody \u2018boy\u2019. You know, \u2018what\u2019s up, boy\u2019, I didn\u2019t know that it was politically incorrect.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI am not in the least bit racist. I have a sister that\u2019s married to a black guy. I have a niece that is a mixed (race) child.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Though this exchange is now in the rear-view, Garbrandt said that he will not hold back if sees Sterling in person.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor him to go out there and try to ride off that fame, I told that fool that the next time I see him I\u2019m going to f*ck him up,\u201d Garbrandt said.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNext time I see him he better have his hands up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Who do you think wins a fight between Cody Garbrandt and Aljamain Sterling?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 8\/21\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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