5 UFC fighters who got into trouble for passing racial remarks

#2 - Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather during their media tour

Conor McGregor has picked up ill-repute for being frequent and consistent with racial remarks. He is known to be one of the most disrespectful UFC fighters when it comes to making racially insensitive comments, jokes and allusions. Be it Jose Aldo, Floyd Mayweather, or Khabib Nurmagomedov, 'The Notorious' has always used racial remarks.

The former UFC double-champ has described Latino fighters as "cockroaches" and threatened "to turn their favelas into sweatshops." During his media tour ahead of the 'Money Fight' against Floyd Mayweather, Conor McGregor told the boxing legend to "dance for me boy." As a result, he got into quite a bit of trouble and then had to defend his racial remarks.

Conor McGregor legit told Floyd Mayweather "Dance for me boy" 😭😂 #MayMacWorldTour pic.twitter.com/DefGlzMrrb

— (@3lone) July 11, 2017

Floyd Mayweather slammed Conor McGregor for his comments during their encounter in 2017. 'Money' told Stephen A. Smith:

"I just didn't like it when he called us monkeys. I think that was totally disrespectful."

When faced with allegations of passing racial remarks against Floyd Mayweather and his entourage, 'The 'Notorious' defended himself by saying:

"If he feels disrespected, he's an idiot, and f**k him as well. I think it's f**king ridiculous. I don't understand it. I know who I am as a person. I didn't really hit right. Most realistic people can see that. He's trying to sway something by (saying I'm) disrespecting women. I didn't talk about his past. If anything, it was a dirty play on his behalf. You play like that it's a b**ch move and you know that, but it's done now and lets gets ready to fight."

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#1 - Colby Covington

Colby Covington

Colby Covington made waves in MMA circles. He made distasteful racial remarks after defeating Tyron Woodley at UFC Vegas 11 in 2020. The No.1 UFC welterweight fighter commented on 'The Chosen One' using the platform to advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement. 'Chaos' said:

"He (Tyron Woodley) is standing up for lifelong criminals. The Black Lives Matter is a complete sham. It’s a joke. They’re taking these people that are complete terrorists. They’re taking these people that that are criminals."

"Black Lives Matter is a complete sham. It's a joke. They're taking people that are complete terrorists. These are bad people… [Tyron Woodley] is a communist. He's a Marxist. He hates America." - @ColbyCovMMAWatch full video: https://t.co/byIP4pUx7M pic.twitter.com/F6ze1zGJZG

— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) September 20, 2020

Colby Covington went on with his personal attack on Woodley, choosing to make generic counter-attacks to discredit the Black Lives Matter movement.

"He (Woodley) is a communist. He’s a Marxist. He stands for criminals. He hates America, and that’s why he got broke tonight."

Colby Covington even passed racial remarks against UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, an MMA fighter of Nigerian descent. According to ESPN, referring to African culture, Covington made racial remarks and provoked Usman by speaking about his "little tribe" and "smoke signals," according to ESPN.

Many endorsement brands like Reebok and Monster Energy shunned Colby Covington's racial remarks and expressed their solidarity with all races. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya also slammed Colby Covington's insensitive comments and said:

"This guy [Covington] has directly insulted my culture, my brother and many other cultures, and no one says anything, but it just shows you a mirror."

Watch Dana White's reaction to Colby Covington's racial remarks: