Whereas Mike Malott earned a unanimous choice win over Kevin Holland at UFC Vancouver, the victory did not come with out controversy, and to make issues worse, considered one of his jokes in the course of the post-fight interview appears to have irked a girl’s MMA pioneer.
Quickly after the bout, retired UFC fighter Roxanne Modafferi took to X to slam the fighter for joking in regards to the state of affairs as an alternative of apologizing to his opponent.
For context, Malott kneed his opponent within the groin twice in the course of the first spherical, leaving Holland writhing in ache on the canvas. Whereas ‘Trailblazer’ resumed combating after a five-minute break, allowed to get better from low blows, he could not get again into the rhythm for the rest of the bout.
Surprisingly, referee Dan Miragliotta selected to let Malott off the hook with only a warning and no level deductions, one thing for which the official confronted immense backlash within the aftermath of the competition.
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Following the win, ‘Correct’ took the mic to make gentle of the incident with a joke, earlier than stating that it was an accident:
“The sport plans to knee the nuts a bunch; it was working completely. No, dude, I swear I used to be kneeing the physique. That man’s hips are up by my n***les, man. It is exhausting to get a knee that prime.” [0:30 seconds into the interview]
The 33-year-old joke, nevertheless, didn’t land with Modafferi, who went on to shade each ‘Correct’ and Miragliotta in a sharply worded put up on X:
“‘The sport plan to knee him within the nuts was working completely.’ – Mike Malott, what a f***king disgusting joke. Discover how no one laughed. You must have apologized and thanked the ref for gifting you that win by unfairly not taking a degree.” [A series of angry emojis]
Try Roxanne Modafferi’s feedback on Mike Malott beneath:
Modafferi is a real pioneer of girls’s MMA. ‘The Comfortable Warrior’ began her professional profession with a submission win over Hikaru Shinohara in 2003. Whereas her skilled run has been a combined bag with a 25-20 file, the 43-year-old holds wins over the likes of Maycee Barber, Andrea Lee, and Antonina Shevchenko, amongst others.
Edited by Ujwal Jain
