How good did it feel to get your first UFC
victory?pic.twitter.com/2de7nAfLRU— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman)
September 10, 2023
Charlie
Radtke was a relative unknown heading into UFC 293, but that
likely changed following his post-fight interview.
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After relying on cage control to outpoint local favorite Mike
Mathetha in a largely forgettable welterweight bout at Qudos
Bank Arena in Sydney on Saturday night, Radtke used a homophobic
slur to address those in attendance while speaking with UFC
commentator Daniel
Cormier.
“It felt great. So f—k all you f–gots in the fu–ing crowd,”
Radtke said. “Come down and get some you pu–y ass b—ches.”
That led to Radtke getting much more attention than he otherwise
would have for a fight that wasn’t especially memorable. The
33-year-old known as “Chuck Buffalo” would later apologize for his
remarks in a statement on social media.
My sincere apologies to all of you watching
today
#ChuckBuffalo @danawhite
@seanshelby
@espn
@espnmma
@ufc
pic.twitter.com/jXE9uO1JsU— Charles Radtke (@ChuckBuffaloMMA)
September 10, 2023
Radtke wasn’t the only one to use that slur at UFC 293, however.
Later in the evening, Manel Kape
called the City Kickboxing team “a bunch of f——s” following his
victory over Felipe
dos Santos in a flyweight bout on the main card. Kape’s rant
was directed primarily at Kai
Kara-France, who pulled out of the fight against the former
Rizin champ after suffering a concussion in training.
At the post-fight press conference, Kape apologized for his
words.
“I am sorry for that, it was emotional, during the interviews we
are all emotional and we say things that we didn’t want to say, so
for those who feel bad about that, I apologize,” he said.
UFC president Dana White also addressed the remarks of both Radtke
and Kape during his session with the media.
“That was flying around a little bit tonight. I think these guys
get a little excited and you make bad mistakes,” White said.
“Radtke did the same thing and you know me, we didn’t run over and
say, you’d better apologize.’ He did that on his own. When he got
backstage, he was embarrassed, he got caught up in the moment… He
got emotional and we make mistakes.
“I am not holier than thou either, we’ve all been in positions
where we’ve made mistakes and it’s how you recover rom it and how
you carry yourself after you made a mistake. He came out and
apologized out of his own free will. We didn’t tell him to do
anything and the fact that he did that means that he means it. I’m
sure some people will accept his apology and some people won’t.”