{"id":263901,"date":"2017-11-16T08:45:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T16:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=263901"},"modified":"2017-11-16T08:45:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T16:45:45","slug":"report-colby-covington-pressing-charges-fabricio-werdum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/report-colby-covington-pressing-charges-fabricio-werdum\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Colby Covington pressing charges against Fabricio Werdum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last night,\u00a0<\/span>video surfaced<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>of a heated confrontation between surging UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington and UFC Sydney headliner Fabricio Werdum.<\/p>\n

In this video, Covington claimed that the former heavyweight champ Werdum sucker punched him. In a subsequent statement to FloCombat<\/a>, Werdum assured Covington was the aggressor and that\u00a0<\/span>he did not throw a punch<\/a>. A video from UFC lightweight Dan Hooker, finally, showed Werdum throwing a boomerang at Covington.<\/p>\n

In his statement to FloCombat, Werdum assured he did not punch Covington, but that Covington initiated the mayhem with a kick to the leg.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis guy is really audacious,\u201d Werdum said. \u201cI went down with my master [Rafael Cordeiro]: \u2018Master, let\u2019s get a hair cut and shave the beard.\u2019 We were in the lobby, and I\u2019ve never seen this guy before. When I walked he looked at me and said: \u2018Brazilian animals.\u2019 And I was like: \u2018Hey.\u2019 I slapped his phone and asked, \u2018What did you say?\u2019 Then, he kicked my leg, but I managed to defend. Then the guys got in the middle and had nothing left. But he kicked me, he is audacious. I could have hurt myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I had hit him in the face, he would be in the hospital,” Werdum continued. “Certainly. There was no punch, he\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to a report from Sherdog.com founder Jeff Sherwood, however, security footage of the incident shows that Werdum did, in fact, punch Covington. Covington, meanwhile, is expected to press charges against Werdum in the wake of this bedlam Down Under. Local police have video and witnesses of the events that took place.<\/p>\n

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I just got confirmation that @ColbyCovMMA<\/a> is pressing charges against @FabricioWerdum<\/a>. I also heard the security video shows Werdum punching Colby and the police have it. Plus there\u2019s an eye witness that was there from start to finish. #theplotthickens<\/a> #Letsseehowthisplaysout<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sherdog (@TheSherdoggy) November 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n