{"id":250445,"date":"2017-09-29T13:01:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T20:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=250445"},"modified":"2017-09-29T13:01:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T20:01:39","slug":"fabricio-werdum-releases-short-statement-on-use-of-homophobic-slur-aimed-at-tony-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/fabricio-werdum\/fabricio-werdum-releases-short-statement-on-use-of-homophobic-slur-aimed-at-tony-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabricio Werdum releases short statement on use of homophobic slur aimed at Tony Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you weren’t aware of yesterday’s heated argument<\/a> between Tony Ferguson and Fabricio Werdum, the two got into it with each other at the UFC 216 media lunch in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Ferguson was interrupted by Werdum when he was speaking with the media and the two began arguing in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.<\/p>\n

\"Fabricio<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cF-ck you. f-ck you. f-ck you,” Werdum told Ferguson (translated by MMA Fighting<\/a>). “Shut your mouth, you f-cking f****t. Don\u2019t talk to me like that, that\u2019s not how it works. You can talk like that to your division but with me you can\u2019t talk like that f****t.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the term that translated to the homophobic slur, Werdum released the following statement via Twitter on Friday to address his use of the word.<\/p>\n

“Maricon is common word in the Spanish culture and I do not mean to offend anyone in the LBG community and if I did I’m apologetic #heeyy”<\/p>\n

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Maricon is common word in the Spanish culture and I do not mean to offend anyone in the LBG community and if I did I'm apologetic #heeyy<\/a><\/p>\n

— Fabricio Werdum (@FabricioWerdum) September 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n