in a manner many felt was disrespectful to Robertson<\/a>.<\/p>\nOn Monday, Thomas, who hosts the UFC\u2019s Deep Waters show on YouTube, addressed the controversy at the start of their show, apologizing to Robertson for his behavior.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know how this is: it\u2019s an emotional rollercoaster,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cYou\u2019re dealing with the same insecurities, the same highs and lows. Everything leading up to it, you have to deal with all that stuff. It\u2019s an emotional rollercoaster. And I\u2019ve been very vocal about this, that it\u2019s not my favorite thing to do. I\u2019ve tried to quit time and time before. When Tyron Woodley got knocked out by Jake Paul, I was like, \u2018Yo, it\u2019s my last time doing this. It\u2019s my last time doing this; I\u2019m not doing this no more.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I took on Gillian, and I have to say, Saturday night was the most inappropriate time to bring up the fact that I did not want to corner again. It was completely irresponsible. It was despicable. I shouldn\u2019t have done it. I should have waited until maybe even today. I should have waited to a different time than take away her moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
A respected former fighter and coach, Thomas has worked with Robertson since the beginning of her career, and especially because of that, he says that Robertson deserved better.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a young lady that I\u2019ve worked with for her entire career,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cThe last seven years, it\u2019s just been me and her, working endlessly, just together \u2014 travelling, working together. They don\u2019t understand that we\u2019ve been working endlessly, time and time again, together.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember her coming to me crying, \u2018I would like to win two in a row, three in a row.\u2019 And she went on this amazing run; she\u2019s broken records, and I, selfishly, stole her moment that night. Instead of congratulating her on her run, I stole her moment. And I want to apologize to her for that, because I stole her moment. I was completely wrong. I\u2019m ashamed; I\u2019m embarrassed. But I\u2019m not too big to say I\u2019m sorry.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd for her, Gillian, I love you. I got your back. I\u2019ve always had your back. This is not the end. I\u2019ve always had your back, and I want you to know I\u2019m always here for you. I\u2019m always going to support you, and whatever you need, I\u2019m always here for you. The same way I\u2019ve been for you for the last seven years when it was just us. \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been eating at me all weekend. I wish I could have did it sooner, but I couldn\u2019t. I didn\u2019t have the chance to. So, Gillian, I\u2019m sorry. I hope you accept my apology. If it takes however long, that\u2019s how long it takes. But I\u2019m sorry for stealing your moment, and I\u2019m proud of you. Not only for what you\u2019ve done in terms of your run, winning five in a row, getting a title shot, but even that night, coming back and winning the last round. Being able to do that in a title fight. So, I\u2019m sorry. I hope you accept my apology. From the bottom of my heart, I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
And while he makes no excuses for his actions, Thomas suggested that this whole incident happened because he was still hurting from Robertson\u2019s loss, and then had to go on air.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my head, I\u2019m thinking, \u2018I\u2019m just trying to get the hell out of here. I don\u2019t want to do this no more. I\u2019m sick of this!\u2019\u201d Thomas said. \u201c\u2026 I\u2019m heartbroken, but I\u2019ve got to get on the desk and be objective, as well. And at the same time, I\u2019m thinking to myself, \u2018Man, I don\u2019t even like cornering. I just want to go home. I\u2019m trying to get out of here. This is a wrap.\u2019 So, it\u2019s a tough spot. But again, I\u2019m still wrong. I shouldn\u2019t have done that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Din Thomas owned his mistake after UFC 330. On Saturday night, Thomas served double duty at the UFC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,701,82,640,702],"class_list":["post-861640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-latest-news","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}