{"id":362089,"date":"2020-09-24T07:04:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T14:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=362089"},"modified":"2020-09-24T07:04:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T14:04:28","slug":"dana-white-not-sure-he-heard-anything-racist-from-colby-covington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-not-sure-he-heard-anything-racist-from-colby-covington\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White not sure he “heard anything racist” from Colby Covington"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surging UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington made some very controversial comments after his win over Tyron Woodley, but UFC President Dana White isn’t sure any of it qualifies as racist.<\/p>\n

Covington, a die-hard Donald Trump supporter, defeated former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, an African American and dedicated BLM supporter, in the main event of UFC Vegas 11 in Las Vegas. Post-fight, he called into question not only Woodley but the entire BLM movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Black Lives Matter is a complete sham,\u201d Covington said post-fight. \u201cIt\u2019s a joke. They\u2019re taking these people that are complete terrorists. They\u2019re taking these people that that are criminals. These aren\u2019t people that are hardworking Americans, blue-collar Americans. These are bad people. They\u2019re criminals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey shouldn\u2019t be attacking police,\u201d Covington added. \u201cIf you\u2019re breaking the law and you\u2019re threatening the cops with weapons, you deserve to get what you get. Law enforcement protects us all. If we don\u2019t have law enforcement, it\u2019d be the wild wild west.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[Woodley]\u2019s a communist. He\u2019s a Marxist. He stands for criminals. He hates America, and that\u2019s why he got broke tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Covington also took a shot at UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, who was born in Nigeria. That comment was also viewed as racist by many fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho did you get a call from? Did you get a call from, freaking, your little tribe? Did they give you some smoke signals for you?\u201d Covington shouted to Usman. \u201cYou\u2019re a joke, Marty Fakenewsman!\u201d<\/p>\n

Dana White, however, isn’t sure any of these comments from Covington actually qualify as racist.<\/p>\n

White was once again asked about the welterweight’s comments at UFC 253 media day on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese guys all have their own causes, things, they\u2019re own beliefs,\u201d White said of Covington (via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cWe don\u2019t muzzle anybody here. We let everybody speak their mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what he said that was racist. I don\u2019t know if I heard anything racist that he said.\u201d<\/p>\n

While White doesn’t view what Colby Covington said as racist, several black UFC fighters did<\/a>. Several UFC sponsors also attempted to distance themselves<\/a> from Covington post-fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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