Fabricio Werdum is in trouble after a video showed him throwing a boomerang at UFC welterweight Colby Covington. According to an Australian news outlet, Werdum has been charged with common assault.
Werdum is the headliner of Saturday UFC Fight Night card in Sydney, Australia where he faces Marcin Tybura.
The video shows the two getting into an argument and then Werdum appears to throw a clear plastic bag which had a boomerang inside of it.
Covington went on Facebook Live after the incident and used an anti-gay slur in the direction of Werdum. Just last month, Werdum was disciplined for using a similar slur in a confrontation with Tony Ferguson.
@FabricioWerdum attacks @ColbyCovMMA with a boomerang outside the hotel for UFC Sydney! 😵 pic.twitter.com/MCadJmCaXu
— Dan Hangman Hooker (@danthehangman) November 16, 2017
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It appears that Werdum will have to return for a court date in December.
Payout Perspective:
This is something that you cannot do especially outside of a hotel in a country where the company is trying to develop a presence. Werdum is in the wrong for throwing a boomerang at Covington and Covington is wrong for his continued generalizations against the people of Brazil. The UFC has to step in and it will be interesting to see what it will do to Werdum who is in trouble for the second time in two straight months. Covington has been under fire after his post-fight comments in Brazil calling the people of Brazil “Filthy Animals.” We’ll see if there are any repercussions for Covington although it would seem in the legal case he is the victim.
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