Damain Maia and other UFC fighters comes to the defence of footballer Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior (Vinicius Jr) following vile racial abuse.
The sporting world was left disgusted after Sunday’s game between Real Madrid and Valencia, where towards the end of the game the home Valencia crowd chanted mono (monkey) towards Madrid winger, Vinicius Jr.
Sadly, this is not the first time that Vinicius Jr has suffered racial abuse during his time in La Liga, with the footballer even having banana’s thrown at him last December during a game with Real Valladolid.
Via social media, Vinicius Jr released a statement following the horrendous incident –
“It was not the first, the second or the third time.