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Cyborg is fighting Amanda Nunes at December’s UFC 22 and Nunes’ training with
Colby Covington, who trains with American Top Team doesn’t sit well with Cyborg.
The two taunted each other on social media for a bit before the fight was
announced between Nunes, the bantamweight champion and Cyborg, the featherweight
champion. In a recent interview Cyborg called Nunes a traitor for continuing to
train at American Top Team: “Creonte is a Brazilian word that means traitor. I
think it’s embarrassing that the UFC made Amanda the first female Brazilian
champion and instead of representing Brazil when she fights, she calls herself
American Top Team. She disrespects Brazilian MMA fans every time she walks into
the cage as a part of American Top Team.” Covington is a member of the team and
after he beat Demian Maia at UFC Fight Night 119 in Sao Paulo, Brazil he said
that Brazilians were “filthy animals” during his post-fight interview. And he
has continued to insult Brazilians ever since but Nunes has said nothing about
her home country being insulted. Nunes did condemn Covington on Twitter after
the initial incident but has said nothing since. And Covington said this: “I
don’t really care about Amanda Nunes. I don’t really care about ‘Bigfoot’ Silva,
you know. They’re not my friends. They never have been my friends, and they
never will be my friends.” |
