The fallout from Cody Durden’s allegedly racist comments after his first UFC win in three fights just keeps on coming. Muhammad Mokaev, an exciting Dagestani prospect, wants to “smash” Durden over his “lower-level mentality” regarding race.
Mokaev, an undefeated fighter aged only 21, recently signed to the UFC, and told The MMA Hour that he plans on demolishing Durden on his way to the top.
Cody Durden “Racist” Row: Muhammad Mokaev Wants to “Smash” Him on UFC Debut
““If he accepts, I really want to smash him. I saw a lot of my supporters tweeting, ‘Smash him,’ and if people want to see this, that’s what I’m here for.”
Cody Durden, following a victory over Mongolian fighter Aori Qileng, told Daniel Cormier that he had to “send him back to China where he came from”, citing his opponent’s refusal to shake hands as the reason for this outburst. Mokaev was having none of it.
“He apologized, but listen, if somebody doesn’t shake your hand, you just call him something – I don’t want to swear – but you call him an idiot. You don’t go to race. Race-wise is lower level mentality, c’mon.
Now, I have a lot of circles with very rich people who work in top places. We never talk about race. I think it’s lower-level people that talk about race. I don’t believe race should exist if you have a brain. But if you don’t, it’s always going to be there.”
The native Dagestani, now based in London, England, has another bone to pick, this time with a fellow Dagestani’s arch-rival. Conor McGregor said some very unsavory things about Mokaev’s home in the lead-up to his fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov, and the young fighter is demanding an apology from the Irishman.
“To be honest, I really want to ask him why he talked bad about Dagestan. I really want to ask him why he talked about every person. I want to see face-to-face his energy, because my managers, everybody talks like he isn’t the same like he is in the media. So I just want to feel myself this energy.
I don’t have to prove anything; I don’t have to have this on camera. I want to ask him about my people. My people – business is good – but my people is my people. I want to ask him, why everybody? Just pick the person and tell him.
It’s not good to call out the whole nation. In Ireland, there’s also bad people; there’s also good people. My boxing coach is Irish. You cannot just say, ‘Dagestan is bad.’ You cannot say this. This is wrong. He has to apologize about this.”
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