Daniel Cormier was put in an awkward position at UFC 293.
The former dual-fat champion, who has transitioned to grow to be a commentator given that retiring in 2020, was behind the mic in Sydney, Australia on Sunday morning nearby time.
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As well as contacting the fights with Jon Anik and Laura Sanko, ‘DC’ was tasked with interviewing the major winners – a thing he has accomplished plenty of instances more than the final number of several years.
Having said that, he’s in no way experienced to offer with somebody like Charles Radtke who lost his great soon after selecting up a win about regional favorite Michael ‘Blood Diamond’ Mathea.
The 33-calendar year-outdated received two of a few rounds but finally ended up with three 29-27 scorecards for the reason that ‘Blood Diamond’ was deducted a stage for landing multiple reduced blows.
Soon after impressing quite a few in his UFC debut, Radtke let himself down when Cormier asked him to mirror on his very first Octagon acquire quickly immediately after it was introduced.
“It felt good,” Radtke mentioned ahead of starting his homophobic attack on the crowd.
He included: “So f*** all you f****** up in the f****** crowd.
“Come down listed here and get some, you p**** ass b******. F*** you!”
As boos commenced ringing all over the Qudos Financial institution Arena, Cormier enable out an awkward giggle as he pulled the mic absent from Radtke and reduce their put up-struggle interview shorter.
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The American was booed for the duration of his wander backstage but he embraced his job as villain by holding each middle fingers up to the group.
“Oops,” Radtke later on wrote on X, formerly identified as Twitter, but other men and women on the well-liked social media platform ended up speedy to condemn him for his slur-filled speech at UFC 293.
Just one person predicted: “He’s about to be booted.”
Another shared the very same impression about Radtke’s UFC potential: “Likely gonna get bounced from the roster.
Another person else stated: “There was no reason to say that. If you want to be a negative male, good but really don’t use a slur.
A fourth man or woman praised Cormier for rapidly ending the job interview, tweeting: “Good work by DC.”
