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Not sure if this was posted yet, Colby Covington was on the MMA hour trying to defend his actions.
As an aside, no such thing as free speech in Australia. You can't get away with discriminating here though violence isn't tolerated either.
Colby seems to put everything down to free speech and his ability to say whatever he wants without there being any consequences, he seems to be upset that people dislike him saying what he does. His inability to sledge without charisma leads him to just come across as offensive, he will sit there wondering how some other fighters get away with it and fail to see that the issue is with his delivery.
Werdum will prob get a fine or good behaviour bond, no chance of anything more for a first offender without there being a charge of bodily harm attached to the assault charge.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/11...-threatened-to-kill-him-in-boomerang-incident
"Covington said he was talking trash to Tyron Woodley on Twitter last Wednesday while waiting for a cab outside the fighter hotel in Sydney when someone punched him in the head."
"He’s out here saying, ‘Colby was calling me a filthy animal.’ No, I said those comments three weeks ago. Those comments are old. You can’t come up and attack someone because of free speech. It’s not OK to condone violence because of free speech.”"
"That doesn’t mean he should be attacked, though, Covington said. The Oregon native believes he should be able to say what he wants — free speech — without fear of assault and battery. "
"Covington said anyone calling him a snitch for going to the police about Werdum are the “same people that are cheating on their taxes, cheating on their wives” and “a bunch of filthy animals.”
“You messed with Oregon’s biggest bad guy and you went about it the wrong way, man. There’s a way to go about your business. You can’t come in and invade people’s personal space because of free speech. Now you’re in the hands of the Australian police and I’m onto bigger things: Tyron Woodley.”
As an aside, no such thing as free speech in Australia. You can't get away with discriminating here though violence isn't tolerated either.
Colby seems to put everything down to free speech and his ability to say whatever he wants without there being any consequences, he seems to be upset that people dislike him saying what he does. His inability to sledge without charisma leads him to just come across as offensive, he will sit there wondering how some other fighters get away with it and fail to see that the issue is with his delivery.
Werdum will prob get a fine or good behaviour bond, no chance of anything more for a first offender without there being a charge of bodily harm attached to the assault charge.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/11...-threatened-to-kill-him-in-boomerang-incident
"Covington said he was talking trash to Tyron Woodley on Twitter last Wednesday while waiting for a cab outside the fighter hotel in Sydney when someone punched him in the head."
"He’s out here saying, ‘Colby was calling me a filthy animal.’ No, I said those comments three weeks ago. Those comments are old. You can’t come up and attack someone because of free speech. It’s not OK to condone violence because of free speech.”"
"That doesn’t mean he should be attacked, though, Covington said. The Oregon native believes he should be able to say what he wants — free speech — without fear of assault and battery. "
"Covington said anyone calling him a snitch for going to the police about Werdum are the “same people that are cheating on their taxes, cheating on their wives” and “a bunch of filthy animals.”
“You messed with Oregon’s biggest bad guy and you went about it the wrong way, man. There’s a way to go about your business. You can’t come in and invade people’s personal space because of free speech. Now you’re in the hands of the Australian police and I’m onto bigger things: Tyron Woodley.”
