Idag stod det klart att den forne Strikeforce-mästaren i lätt tungvikt Muhammed ”King Mo” Lawal hade blivit släppt från sitt kontrakt med Strikeforce på grund av sina uttalanden om en medlem av den atletiska kommissionen.
I korthet kan man summera händelsen som att Lawal blev tillfrågad om han kunde tala och läsa på engelska, något som Lawal tyckte var oerhört respektlöst. Hans reaktion blev att kalla personen för en rasist via twitter. Lawal tog senare bort sin tweet, men det var för sent.
Lawal har nu kommenterat det hela till Bloody Elbow.
”It is what it is. Of course, I want to fight for Strikeforce and fight for Zuffa, but if they want to cut me for what I said, then I can’t take it back because it already happened. I have never been asked in such a condescending way if I could read or speak English like that. I did something wrong, so I can’t really say I’m being treated unfairly. I don’t know if it was excessive to cut me.
Right now, I just want people to understand that I went in there respectfully and that I’m not playing the race card. I’m too old to play the race card. I’m established on the West Coast now and since I’ve been out here, I haven’t experienced much racism. I’ve experienced some stereotypes and small prejudices here and there, but other than that, no, I haven’t experienced too much, compared to when I was in the South. The woman’s comments reminded me of times when I experienced racial insensitivity from other people.
Zuffa made a decision just off what was said on Twitter. I don’t know if they care about what happened. I’m pretty sure they didn’t hear any of the audio. They just made a decision off what went down on Twitter. I’m pretty sure Keith Kizer and certain people at the commission are mad and I didn’t mean any disrespect to Keith or the rest of the people in the commission. I just felt disrespected by that one person that asked if I could speak or read English.”
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