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I’ve seen many arguments claiming that it’s not due to it being a heavily international sport, and race just doesn’t matter at all. I’ve also seen people compare it to boxing’s extremely racially biased fan base, but after the Izzy vs DDP beef many people have been starting to just make tons of stupid remarks. I’ve seen people sort of take a pretty nuanced issue and turn it into “IZZY IS RACIST” or “DDP IS THE ONLY REAL AFRICAN” while making memes that are heavily racialized. The ironic thing is that people say the issue between them doesn’t have to do with race, which I agree with to an extent, but at the same time many people are pandering towards race in regards to this whole situation.

The same goes with fighters like Strickland or Covington who say racist shit time from time, but many people don’t seem to make much of it, mostly entertaining it.