Durg the UFC on ESPN 24 media day on Wednday, Cerrone referred to former UFC fighter Diego Sanchez and Sanchez’s ach, Joshua Fabia, as ‘gay lovers’ pejoratively.
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UFC FIGHTER DONALD CERRONE’S ‘GAY LOVERS’ LE ADDS TO HIS HISTORY OF HOMOPHOBIC MENTS
UFC fighter Donald Cerrone’s chaotic week leadg to UFC on ESPN 24 took a turn down the homophobic path on Wednday when speakg about his origal opponent on the event, Diego Sanchez, and Sanchez’s ntroversial traer Joshua Fabia. When asked about the Sanchez-Fabia suatn, Cerrone tread once aga to g homosexualy as a pejorative way to scribe Sanchez and Fabia’s relatnship.
He lled another fighter, Jamie Varner, the same homophobic slur ahead of a 2010 WEC fight. He add: “I wanted to be known for my skills and what I’ve dited the last 11 years of my life to not and not the ‘bi ufc fighter’ that I’m sure would jt be translated to ‘gay UFC fighter. He also exprsed ncerns about g out to a muny of MMA fans and fighters who regularly exprs homophobic sentiment.