Chaos erupted inside Brisbane Entertainment Centre as fans threw cans and cups into the ring, hurled abuse and booed as Tszyu and Zerafa\u2019s teams had heated conversations before the \u201cno result\u201d was announced.<\/p>\n
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UFC 324: Gaethje vs Pimblett | SUN 25 JAN 1PM AEDT | Justin Gaethje faces Paddy Pimblett for the interim lightweight championship | Order Now with Main Event on Kayo Sports ><\/a><\/p>\n Tim Tszyu was involved in a fiery exchange with Zerafa<\/a> inside the ring then told Main Event he didn\u2019t \u201cunderstand the cowardly act\u201d, adding: \u201cHe felt a little bit of adversity and instead of rising up to the occasion he just said, \u2018Nah, I can\u2019t see\u2019. It\u2019s bizarre. It\u2019s really bizarre. I\u2019m very surprised. It just proves the whole thing about him not rocking up to fight me.\u201d<\/p>\n More criticism towards Zerafa then followed<\/a>, with a host of Australia\u2019s biggest fight names having come out firing against Zerafa, while promoter No Limit is prepared to slap a life ban on Zerafa<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tszyu v Zerafa fight controversy | 02:20<\/p>\n But the outrage directed towards Zerafa moved Tim Tszyu to release a classy video on his Instagram page.<\/p>\n \u201cI never thought I\u2019d be making this video, especially about someone that I\u2019ve had so much anger towards,\u201d Tszyu said in a video.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it was a big build up, five years in the making. At the time of the event, the emotions were high, the animosity was there and I was angry. I was really, really angry \u2013 just because of the fact that my brother\u2019s moment got taken away from him.<\/p>\n \u201cAt first, I was part of this whole backlash. But I think we\u2019ve gone a step too far. I think over the last few days, just watching it from the outside, we have gone too far.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd at some point, I think it becomes not about boxing anymore. We don\u2019t deserve to be torn apart like this as human beings. It\u2019s not the way we\u2019re brought up in the sport and words can push people to really dark places.<\/p>\n \u201cI never thought that this day would ever come, but I do feel sorry for Michael. I do feel sorry for him.<\/p>\n Tim Tszyu exposes Zerafa cowardly act | 07:36<\/p>\n \u201cWe are fighters, but at the same time, we\u2019re all human beings.\u201d<\/p>\n It comes as the referee at the centre of the Zerafa-Tszyu no-contest fight defended his decision, while also making a stunning claim about the pre-fight rules meeting.<\/p>\n \u201cThis very issue (of a head cut) came up in the rules meeting,\u201d Condon told CODE Sports.<\/p>\n \u201cI was asked by Michael Zerafa\u2019s partner (Selin) what would happen if there was a cut … who would stop the fight, and I said me, as the referee, would stop the fight.<\/p>\n \u201cI was shocked.<\/p>\n \u201cI have never had that question asked to me in my career before at a rules meeting and I\u2019ve done hundreds of fights.\u201d<\/p>\n