Chris Curtis explains his currently controversial use of Diddy's walkout song at UFC Vegas 90 as 'terrible'

Chris Curtis showed heart, guts, and determination throughout his 25-minute battle with Brendan Allen in the main event of UFC Vegas 90, but it was his walkout song that had the MMA community scratching their heads. did.

Before losing a split decision to Allen on Saturday's UFC APEX card, Curtis walked to the Octagon to the tune of Sean “Diddy” Combs' song “Bad Boy for Life.”

Combs is involved in an ongoing investigation into sexual assault and sex trafficking charges, with authorities raiding the rap mogul's homes in Miami and Los Angeles last month. This song choice seemed to be ill-timed for many in the audience, and after the loss, Curtis explained how he had chosen the music for the strike.

“I'm getting some weird looks so I'm going to explain the strike before I go to bed,” Curtis said on Twitter. “Last night at dinner, I received a call that my strike song (Stim's The Rambling) was not approved by the executives.

“I was modestly a little pissed off, so I went with Diddy thinking, 'That's not going to get approved…' But I'm a narrow-minded, intelligent person. Just kidding, they definitely did. approved, so we decided to go with it. Diddy is terrible, but it was kind of funny. We'll do better in the future.”

Curtis fought valiantly throughout his fight with Allen, but ultimately fell short on two of the judges' scorecards and may have suffered a torn hamstring in the final seconds of the bout.

Despite his hasty efforts, Curtis feels he missed some opportunities to capitalize.

“I've watched it four times now,” Curtis said. “This is going to hurt for a while. I'm not mad at Brendan. He didn't score in the game. But yeah… it was a big chance. We made some mistakes, but I thought we did enough. . This one hurts.”