Deal with it.
That’s the message from UFC lightweight welterweight Alex Oliveira, who got slammed by the mixed martial arts (MMA) community last Saturday night (Oct. 1, 2016) in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 96 inside Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.
Specifically for his post-fight antics, which included a crotch chop in the face of opponent Will Brooks shortly after “Ill” was defeated by technical knockout. “Cowboy” — who blew up the scale during the UFC “Portland” weigh ins — insists he has no regrets and won’t apologize.
From his conversation with MMA Fighting:
“I don’t care what people say or don’t say, he started it after the weigh-in by calling me names, my manager and my coaches. He crossed the line, he didn’t need that. After the fight, I exaggerated, I crossed the line, and I apologize to everyone, but I will never apologize to him. I don’t regret what I did to him. I’ll still train at ATT. I won’t think twice about it. If he tries something there, things will get ugly. I always train there, and that won’t change because of the things he did this week. That’s between us. We’re two men, and if he started it, he has to deal with it. I’m a cool guy, I won’t do anything if he doesn’t. I don’t like this, but he crossed the line.”
Watch the finish again right here.
Brooks was visibly upset during the UFC Fight Night 96 weigh ins and criticized the Brazilian for his lack of professionalism. That bad blood carried over to their showdown inside the Octagon where the smaller “Ill” was unable to free himself from Oliveira’s ground-and-pound.
Safe to say he was equally incensed by the above quote:
I promise you as long as I’m at ATT you and your scumbag cheating coaches and manager won’t step foot in that gym. https://t.co/t9H7lxVSMM
— Will Brooks (@TRILLwillbrooks) October 3, 2016
Something tells me we haven’t heard the last of this feud…