New UFC champ Michael Bisping hurls homophobic slur at Luke Rockhold
Looks like Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold's sparring session continued after Saturday's UFC fight.
Bisping, a UK fighter who won the UFC middleweight title, continued taking jabs at his American opponent Rockhold in a post-fight press conference.
This time, the two took verbal punches, as they got into a heated argument after Rockhold refused to shake Bisping’s hand.
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Bisping reacted by calling Rockhold a “faggot" (captured at the end of the video below).
He then cursed ("Shit, I shouldn’t have said that") and asked journalists to "delete that comment."
However, this is not Bisping's first homophobic slur.
In a UFC promotional video, Bisping is captured on video (5:55 mark) calling opponent Jorge Rivera a "faggot motherfucker."
UFC did not immediately respond to Mashable's request for comment.
In the past, UFC President Dana White has said he and the organization would welcome a gay fighter.
"Some of our guys, and I have said some things that make it look like we’re homophobes," White said in 2013. "But we’re not, and we’ve apologized."
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