There was plenty of conjecture around the events during the UFC 248 main event title fight between Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero - but the challenger certainly crossed a line in the press conference.
Adesanya retained his middleweight title in what was described by most as a 'boring' fight, and Romero claimed that the champ was running away during the contest.
But the Cuban took it too far during the post-fight presser, making a racist remark about Adesanya's ancestry that he forced his translator to say to the media.
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"You have to remember that his descendants from Africa were great runners and he should've planned better for that," he said.
Watch the video below.
Not cool Yoel not cool at all you can tell that translator really didn’t want to repeat it either I get you are upset but you only have yourself to be mad at this ain’t it chief!
— Robert Andre Nozil🇭🇹 (@AndreMfnEazy) March 8, 2020
#UFC248 pic.twitter.com/0HqxUZxpVT
The line was definitely crossed by Romero, and Sporting News own Brendan Bradford gave his take on Twitter about the remarks.
Romero's post-fight presser. What a shame.
— Brendan Bradford (@1bbradfo) March 8, 2020
"You have to remember that his descendants from Africa were great runners and he should've planned better for that."
Romero's translator really didn't want to say that bit, Yoel forced him to. Yuck.#UFC #UFC248
Adesanya is now expected to fight Paulo Costa later this year for the belt.
