Filed under: Featured , News , UFC , Videos An unlikely confrontation took place Thursday in a Los Angeles restaurant, when former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum and lightweight contender Tony Ferguson had to be separated after a verbal altercation got heated. As the two interacted separately with reporters during a media lunch in support of UFC 216, Ferguson (23-3 MMA, 13-1 UFC), seemingly annoyed by Werdum’s chatter nearby, asked him to “hold on” while he was talking. Werdum, in turn, didn’t take too kindly to the snappy request – and snapped right back. The situation escalated quickly , with Werdum (21-7-1 MMA, 9-4 UFC) using all types of variations of expressions in Portuguese to tell his foe to go (expletive) himself. Ferguson responded in Spanish, and the two started going back-and-forth before UFC public relations director Chris Costello had to step in.
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Fabricio Werdum: Slurs against Tony Ferguson were out of rage, but ‘I’m not homophobic’ – MMA Junkie