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UFC fighter Colby Covington trolls Cathal Pendred with unfortunate anti-Irish tweets

The American said he would bury his opponent “like the British did to the Irish”.

COLBY COVINGTON HAS not exactly endeared himself to Irish UFC fans this weekend.

The fighter taunted Cathal Pendred over his controversial victory against Sean Spencer and tweeted a series of inflammatory anti-Irish tweets.

The tweets included Covington’s ill-advised claim that he would bury Pendred “like the British did to the Irish” — a statement he later deleted.

Check out some of Covington’s provocative quips below.

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And eventually, Pendred weighed in with a response…

h/t Balls

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