When Fabricio Werdum branded Tony Ferguson a “maricon” during the UFC 216 media lunch in late September, he was made to perform community outreach for LGBTQ members in Las Vegas. But when Conor McGregor referred to Andre Fili as a “f---t” after beating Artem Lobov in Poland three weeks ago, UFC president Dana White simply acknowledged it as “a problem they need to focus on,” with no indication of any form of sanction similar to Werdum’s.
This situation apparently had Tyron Woodley “fired up”, as he stated in a recent edition of TMZ Sports’ “The Hollywood Beatdown.