UFC 253: Israel Adesanya says Colby Covington ‘insulted my culture’ and takes aim at MMA media ‘hypocrisy’
- UFC middleweight champ blasts media for not calling out Covington’s comments to Kamaru Usman – ‘no one says anything’
- ‘I made a joke about dropping Romero like the Twin Towers and everyone lost their mind,’ Adesanya adds
Colby Covington’s comments in the lead-up to, and after, his UFC Vegas 11 TKO victory over Tyron Woodley did not bring enough scrutiny from the media, according to Israel Adesanya.
The UFC middleweight champ took aim at the press for not bringing the outspoken welterweight challenger to task for calling the Black Lives Matter movement a “domestic terrorist organisation” and NBA star LeBron James a “spineless coward” for supporting it.
After receiving a phone call from US President Donald Trump on ESPN’s post-fight broadcast, the 32-year-old American Covington (16-2) made disparaging remarks to welterweight champ “The Nigerian Nightmare” Kamaru Usman (17-1).
“Who 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?” Covington said. “You’re a joke, Marty Fakenewsman!”
ESPN deleted a clip of the exchange from its official MMA Twitter account.
