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Danny Segura

UFC’s Tony Kelley says comments while cornering Andrea Lee weren’t racist, blames ‘cancel culture’ for backlash

Tony Kelley has addressed his controversial comments made during the UFC on ESPN 36 broadcast.

The UFC bantamweight, who was at the event working as a cornerman for Andrea Lee, was under fire on Saturday night for what he told Lee in between rounds during her women’s flyweight bout against Brazil’s Viviane Araujo.

“That’s what they’re going to do – they’re dirty f*cking Brazilians,” Kelley told Lee. “They’re going to f*cking cheat like that.”

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