Whereas getting ready for the largest combat of her profession, title contender Megan Anderson discovered herself the centre of consideration she didn’t ask for.
Whereas getting ready for the largest combat of her profession, UFC title contender Megan Anderson earlier this 12 months discovered herself the centre of consideration she didn’t ask for — the main target of crude remarks by a male fighter.
Casey Kenney, responding to a query on fellow UFC bantamweight Sean O’Malley’s The Timbo Sugar Present podcast, cracked jokes about whether or not he would need to “smash” Anderson.
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“I assume MMA is a line of labor the place you possibly can publicly speak about whether or not you’d have intercourse with a co-worker in an completely degrading method and face zero penalties,” Anderson tweeted in January, sharing a clip of the offensive dialog.
“Disgusting behaviour and it’s unlucky that he’ll be preventing on my card in March.”
Anderson (11-4, 9 finishes) — who will problem UFC featherweight champion Amanda Nunes in the course of the pay-per-view broadcast of UFC 259 on Sunday at UFC Apex in Las Vegas — says she is bored with the tradition that provides such feedback a cross.
Having been a sufferer of bullying, Anderson mentioned she desires “to be generally known as the kind of person who makes use of my platform for good.”
“There must be penalties,” mentioned Anderson, who spoke to The New York Publish over the cellphone this week.
“Folks want to know that simply because it’s social media and also you don’t say it face-to-face doesn’t imply you have to be exempt from penalties.”
Anderson mentioned Kenney later contacted her by way of a direct message. She didn’t reveal the content material of the message, however mentioned she hopes Kenney takes benefit of this “alternative to be taught.”
“I hope that he’s honest within the phrases he wrote, and I hope that he learns from this case and turns into a greater individual from it,” Anderson mentioned. “And that’s actually it.”
It’s unclear what, if any, punishment was doled out to Kenney for his offensive remarks.
— The New York Publish
MAIN CARD (approx. 2pm AEDT)
Israel Adesanya vs Jan Blachowicz, gentle heavyweight championship
Amanda Nunes vs Megan Anderson, girls’s featherweight championship
Petr Yan vs Aljamain Sterling, bantamweight championship
Islam Makhachev vs Drew Dober, lightweights
Aleksandar Rakic vs Thiago Santos, gentle heavyweights
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Amanda Lemos vs Livinha Souza, girls’s strawweights
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