Head Coach Ricardo Liborio Leaves ATT After Colby Covington Incident

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Ricardo Liborio is the head coach at American Top Team (ATT) and he was a co-founder of the fight team all the way bac🦩k in 2001.

However, after the comments made by ATT member🐈 Colby Covington about Liborio’s native 🌳Brazil, the ATT founder has left the team.

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Liborio made his announcement through Instagram:

 

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Covington recently defeated Demian Maia at UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo, but it was his po💮st-fight antics that grabbed the mostꦍ attention.

In his post-fight interview alongside UFC Light Heavy💮weight Champion Daniel Cormier, the victorious Covington called the Brazilian “filthy animals” and said other disparaging remarks about the country.

There has been no other statements issued yet by oth🐲er ATT officials or Covington himself about ꦛLiborio’s exit from the team.

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