{"id":273223,"date":"2018-03-26T11:32:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T18:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=273223"},"modified":"2018-03-26T11:32:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T18:32:55","slug":"lfa-fighter-drew-chatman-apologizes-for-front-flipping-off-his-unconscious-opponents-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/lfa-fighter-drew-chatman-apologizes-for-front-flipping-off-his-unconscious-opponents-back\/","title":{"rendered":"LFA fighter Drew Chatman apologizes for front-flipping off his unconscious opponent’s back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drew Chatman’s pro debut, which occurred at LFA 36 over the weekend, could not have been weirder.<\/p>\n

After his opponent Ivrins Ayala KO’d himself by colliding with Chatman’s knee on the mat, Chatman stood up, and\u00a0executed a front-flip off of his unconcious opponent’s spine<\/a>. For this display of truly unsportsmanlike conduct, Chatman was handed a DQ loss (which deprived him of his pay per California Athletic Commission rules), and received a 90-day suspension.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/AXSTVFights\/status\/977578707966545925<\/p>\n

Speaking to MMAFighting<\/a> this week, Chatman explained why he did what he did.<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally, I celebrate my fights,” he said. “If you see all my amateur fights, I\u2019m doing flips, I\u2019m doing cartwheels or whatever the case may be. I didn\u2019t think before I did it. I just jumped and did a flip. So it was almost like subconsciously I did what I normally what I would do celebrating a victory that I normally get.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chatman also apologized for committing his unsavory foul.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to apologize to Irvins Ayala,\u201d Chatman said. \u201cHe was a good opponent. And he brought the fight to me. And he had a lot of heart. It was not a good move on my part as a martial artist. And I want to apologize to the California athletic commission, because they laid down the rules, they gave a great understanding and they do their job very well. Also, to Legacy, LFA, because they gave me a great opportunity to display my skills and it was a good platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not gonna play the victim here, because when you look at it the real victim here is Irvins Ayala. Let\u2019s just be real. He showed up, he fought. It was an unfortunate mishap, but it did not have to end that way. All this publicity, all this media, the reality is I was wrong and I ain\u2019t trying to gain no fame off of this, because I\u2019m a martial artist.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his interview with MMAFighting, Chatman also explained that he hopes he didn’t give the sport of MMA a bad name with his strange post-fight maneuver.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that after this happened a lot of MMA guys might be upset, because I\u2019m giving them a bad name for people who are not even familiar with mixed marital arts,\u201d Chatman said. \u201cSomeone who doesn\u2019t even watch mixed martial arts might turn on the television and see this and then think, \u2018This is how these cage fighters are.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

What did you think of Drew Chatman’s bizarre post-fight celebration at LFA 36?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 3\/26\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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