Chris Curtis explains using ‘terrible’ Diddy walkout song at UFC Vegas 90 amid current controversy

Chris Curtis confirmed coronary heart, grit, and willpower all through his 25 minute battle with Brendan Allen in the primary occasion of UFC Vegas 90, but it surely was his walkout tune that had the MMA group scratching their heads.

Previous to his break up resolution loss to Allen at Saturday’s card on the UFC APEX, Curtis walked to the octagon to Sean “Diddy” Combs’ observe “Dangerous Boy For Life.”

Combs is linked to an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking, which led to authorities raiding the rap mogul’s Miami and Los Angeles properties this previous month. The tune alternative was deemed ill-timed by many within the area, and following the loss, Curtis defined how he landed on the walkout music.

“I’m getting some bizarre appears so I’ll clarify the walkout for you guys earlier than I am going to mattress,” Curtis acknowledged on Twitter. “Final night time at dinner, I obtained a name saying my walkout tune (The Rumbling by Stim) wasn’t accredited by the execs.

“I used to be low-key kinda pissed, so I went with Diddy pondering, ‘There isn’t any manner they’ll approve this then…,’ however I’m petty and a wise ass. Jokes on me, they positively accredited it so we simply went with it. Diddy is horrible, but it surely was kinda hilarious. I’ll do higher sooner or later.”

Curtis fought valiantly all through the battle with Allen however in the end got here up brief on two of the judges’ scorecards, and may have suffered a torn hamstring within the ultimate seconds of the bout.

Regardless of the trouble on brief discover, Curtis feels his missed some alternatives to capitalize.

“Watched it again 4 instances now,” Curtis stated. “This one goes to sting for some time. Not mad at Brendan. He didn’t rating the struggle. However yeah… that was an enormous alternative. I made errors, however I assumed I did sufficient. This one hurts.”