UFC fighters are the perfect people to give their reaction to the famous slap incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock. Aljamain Sterling is the latest fighter to give his take on the situation.

Aljamain Sterling is the perfect person to weigh in on the situation because he has dealt with plenty of hate on social media. The UFC bantamweight champion admits it was wrong of Will Smith but he understands the situation.

“I understand it was wrong,” UFC bantamweight champion Sterling said on The MMA Hour. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying what Will did was right. I want everyone to understand that. But the past two years for him, to have dealt with what he’s dealt with on social media, and then he has another person that — I don’t know their relationship, maybe he feels that was a friend and it was a low point and it was just enough was enough and he saw what it did to his wife.

“It gets to a point where we’re all human and we all have breaking points, and I think people forget that. You’re trying to tell this man where his limit and where his threshold is — that’s wrong. That, to me, is wrong. You can’t tell me I should feel this way at this time and this place, and I should be able to contain myself at this time and this place. You don’t know what I’m dealing with.”

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The situation is very similar to when Jorge Masvidal assaulted Colby Covington outside of a restaurant after UFC 272. Aljamain Sterling brought it up and explained the differences and similarities between them, Chris Rock and Will Smith.

“It’s the same exact thing. You cross a certain line, you have to expect that not everyone is gonna be the same person that you can get away with that with,” UFC champion Sterling said. “Some people might get somebody else to do it, some people are gonna say, ‘Nah, screw that, when I see you and I get an opportunity, just know I’m taking that opportunity.’ That’s how we grew up in the streets. You said some shit and someone’s able to catch you slipping, bro, it’s a bad night for you. Probably the last night for you. So Jorge did what you would think he shouldn’t be doing at this point in his life and his career, but listen, some people live by the code, die by the code. I can’t knock him for that. I’m not saying it’s right, I don’t agree with it, but again, I can’t tell him how to feel. I can’t tell this man what’s enough.”