Dana White states the two UFC fighters who used homophobic slurs throughout their publish-fight feedback ‘got a small excited’.
Equally Manel Kape and Charles Radtke came beneath fireplace for creating vulgar statements after their victories at UFC 293.
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Radtke, who was making his debut in the marketing, defeat property favorite Michael ‘Blood Diamond’ Mathea.
UFC legend Daniel Cormier was forced to reduce limited his interview with the American as he utilised the slur at the group who booed him.
Kape aimed a comparable remark at New Zealander Kai Kara-France immediately after beating Felipe dos Santos.
Asked about the homophobic opinions, UFC president White said: “I imagine these men get a little excited, and you make bad issues. You know me, we failed to operate about to him and say ‘you improved apologise’ – he [Kape] did that on his own when he acquired backstage. He was humiliated and received caught up in the moment.
“We make problems, I am not holier than thou either, we have all been in positions the place we’ve designed errors, and like I often say, it truly is how you recover from it and how you have your self right after.
“I’m confident some individuals will acknowledge his apology and some individuals would not.”
White did not reveal if either of the fighters would deal with punishment for their reviews.
Kape apologised in his article-combat information convention and explained: “I am sorry for that, it was emotion. Throughout the combat, all through interviews we say items we never want to say. We experience poor about that. I apologise.”
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In the meantime, Radtke spoke out on social media following the backlash he received.
He claimed: “These feedback are not a reflection of who I am and they never belong on a system as wonderful as what the UFC has provided me.
“My thoughts had been running superior. It truly is hard to explain the way your brain operates when you might be locked in a cage to battle a further person with your full livelihood on the line.
“I approach to discover from my issues from each through and after the combat and I’m hoping I can get an option to correct them in the upcoming. Chuck Buffalo loves every person.”