Manel Kape Apologizes after idiotically using an awful homophobic slur. This was said in his post fight conference after his decision win against Felipe dos Santos at UFC 293.
Manel Kape certainly has a lot to explain for after his rather distasteful tirade at UFC 293 has put him in hot water. It was going so well for Kape. Winning again put his win streak at four fights in a row. Daniel Cormier gives him the microphone and he calls out Kai-Kara France. A great fight that was scheduled to happen for UFC 293. And then seemingly out of nowhere, he insults Kai-Kara France with a homophobic slur.
Dana White claims that he will not be suspending Manel Kape for his egregious statement. He said in his interview after the event: ‘We’ve all been in positions where we’ve made mistakes and like I always say, it’s how you recover and how you carry yourself after making the mistake.’
Manel Kape Apologies
In his post fight interview Manel Kape at least apologized for his outburst.
‘Yeah I apologize for that. It’s emotional you know. During the fight, during the interview, we are all emotions. We say things that we didn’t want to say but for those who feel bad about that, I apologize.’
‘A win on this night was supposed to be to fight next for the title. I just believe that they are a little bit hypocritical, because their team says they have to go into with injuries, they have to fight. They talked about Dricus (Du Plessis), about Israel Adesanya, he didn’t fight because of injuries. What happened to Kai-Kara? We didn’t know really what happened, you know? So this is my question to him. I go into (fights with) injuries. This is a mentality of a champ, you know? I’m not going to waste the time of anyone, and I’m not going to waste my time.’
Quotes via bjpenn.com
While an apology, the use of that language should not be allowed to happen on live television. This great sport is tainted with those words. Should Madel Kape be punished for his outburst? Let us know in the comments below
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