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The UFC is putting its foot down regarding offensive comments written by a gym employee about women’s champion Cris Cyborg.
In a statement released Tuesday, the UFC said it would not be allowing JacksonWink MMA social media staffer and photographer Mark Aragon access to future events after he referred to Cyborg as a man multiple times in a social media post.
“UFC is aware and troubled with the recent statements made by a social media representative from the JacksonWink MMA Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico as it concerns women’s featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg,” the UFC statement read.
“UFC does not condone or tolerate the remarks that were used. The organization has reached out to the JacksonWink team to inform them that the individual in question will not be granted access for future events.”
Aragon wrote the post Sunday after Cyborg defeated JacksonWink fighter Holly Holm to retain the UFC women’s featherweight title in the main event of UFC 219 in Las Vegas. Aragon, regarding Cyborg, wrote “this dude is tough as hell” and “Holly was the first one to make his nose bleed.”
Cyborg demanded an apology from Aragon and the team a day later. On Tuesday, she asked the UFC to take action against Aragon, who who has been credentialed for UFC events as a photographer.
Aragon wrote an Instagram post Monday, apologizing and saying he was “embarrassed” by his actions. He added that he overheard Cyborg refer to Holm as a “*****” after the fight and lashed out because of it.
“I was obviously acting out of anger and frustration,” Aragon wrote. “My personal emotions got in the way of my professional status which I failed to adhere to.”
The gym’s Facebook page posted a non-apology about the situation Monday, writing that Aragon was making a reference to Cyborg’s past drug-test failure for steroids in the initial inappropriate post.
The gym statement and Aragon’s apology came hours after the JacksonWink MMA Twitter account tweeted a link to an anti-transgender Instagram post by JacksonWink coach Mike Winkeljohn from May 2016.
The tweeted link to Winkeljohn’s post and Aragon’s initial inappropriate Instagram post have been deleted.
In November, the JacksonWink MMA Twitter account liked a tweet in which African American UFC fighter Aljamain Sterling was referred to as the N-word.
In a statement released Tuesday, the UFC said it would not be allowing JacksonWink MMA social media staffer and photographer Mark Aragon access to future events after he referred to Cyborg as a man multiple times in a social media post.
“UFC is aware and troubled with the recent statements made by a social media representative from the JacksonWink MMA Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico as it concerns women’s featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg,” the UFC statement read.
“UFC does not condone or tolerate the remarks that were used. The organization has reached out to the JacksonWink team to inform them that the individual in question will not be granted access for future events.”
Aragon wrote the post Sunday after Cyborg defeated JacksonWink fighter Holly Holm to retain the UFC women’s featherweight title in the main event of UFC 219 in Las Vegas. Aragon, regarding Cyborg, wrote “this dude is tough as hell” and “Holly was the first one to make his nose bleed.”
Cyborg demanded an apology from Aragon and the team a day later. On Tuesday, she asked the UFC to take action against Aragon, who who has been credentialed for UFC events as a photographer.
Aragon wrote an Instagram post Monday, apologizing and saying he was “embarrassed” by his actions. He added that he overheard Cyborg refer to Holm as a “*****” after the fight and lashed out because of it.
“I was obviously acting out of anger and frustration,” Aragon wrote. “My personal emotions got in the way of my professional status which I failed to adhere to.”
The gym’s Facebook page posted a non-apology about the situation Monday, writing that Aragon was making a reference to Cyborg’s past drug-test failure for steroids in the initial inappropriate post.
The gym statement and Aragon’s apology came hours after the JacksonWink MMA Twitter account tweeted a link to an anti-transgender Instagram post by JacksonWink coach Mike Winkeljohn from May 2016.
The tweeted link to Winkeljohn’s post and Aragon’s initial inappropriate Instagram post have been deleted.
In November, the JacksonWink MMA Twitter account liked a tweet in which African American UFC fighter Aljamain Sterling was referred to as the N-word.
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