{"id":264085,"date":"2017-11-19T11:19:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T19:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=264085"},"modified":"2017-11-19T11:19:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T19:19:30","slug":"ufc-exec-updates-fabricio-werdums-alleged-assault-colby-covington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/ufc-exec-updates-fabricio-werdums-alleged-assault-colby-covington\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC exec updates on Fabricio Werdum&#8217;s alleged assault of Colby Covington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, former UFC heavyweight champion and<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/fabricio-werdum\/pros-react-fabricio-werdums-defeat-marcin-tybura\/\"> UFC Sydney headliner<\/a> Fabricio Werdum had a run-in with surging UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington.<\/p>\n<p>The exact events of this encounter are not known. Covington claims Werdum punched him. Werdum, meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/fabricio-werdum-colby-covington-break-silence-heated-confrontation-australia-2\/\">claims no punch was thrown<\/a>. What is clear, however, is that Werdum hit Covington with a boomerang he&#8217;d been given by an Australian fan \u2013 which was enough for Covington to press charges.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the UFC Sydney post-fight press conference, UFC\u00a0<span>vice president of international content Dave Shaw explained that at this point, it&#8217;s too early to draw conclusions on this unfortunate incident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a company standpoint, we\u2019re still collecting as much information as we can,\u201d Shaw said in a press conference at Qudos Bank Arena following UFC Fight Night 121. \u201cWe\u2019ve spoken to Werdum and his team. We spoke to Covington. We spoke to the hotel security. We spoke to police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we are not at a point to make any conclusions yet. It\u2019s just too early. There\u2019s still a process that we need to go through. And, listen, at this point, it\u2019s in the hands of the New South Wales Police. I think Werdum is going to have some conversations in the next few weeks at least with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fabricio Werdum&#8217;s anger with Colby Covington stems from Covington&#8217;s controversial anti-Brazil comments, which occurred in the moments after his career-best October victory over Demian Maia.<\/p>\n<p>Covington doubled down on these comments in the video of his run-in with Werdum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cF*ck Brazil. F*ck Fabricio Werdum. Little b*tch ass,\u201d he said. \u201cF*ck Brazil. A bunch of filthy animals. And they wonder why they get talked to like that. Because they\u2019re a bunch of animals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of this drama between Fabricio Werdum and Colby Covington?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 19\/11\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, former UFC heavyweight champion and UFC Sydney headliner Fabricio Werdum had a run-in with surging UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington. The exact events of this encounter are not known. Covington claims Werdum punched him. Werdum, meanwhile, claims no punch was thrown. 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