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Sergio Moraes responds to Peter Sobotta’s allegations: ‘He’s stupid’

Sergio Moraes pulled out from a UFC Fight Night 69 bout with Peter Sobotta due to a spine injury, but Sobotta doesn’t believe he’s really injured.

Sobotta, who tapped late replacement Steven Kennedy in the first round Saturday night in Berlin, Germany, called out Moraes after the fight, accusing him of faking an injury to avoid the fight.

"My sources tell me that he was never injured in the first place", Sobotta told GNP.de (translated by Bloody Elbow). "He didn't want the fight, wasn't hungry enough or whatever. I don't know.