Ex-UFC champion issues threat to Kurt Zouma for kicking his cat

‘If you are so tough mother****** try to kick me’: Ex-UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz calls out ‘piece of s***’ Kurt Zouma for cruelty towards his own cat as outrage over defender’s actions continues

  • Video footage emerged of West Ham defender Kurt Zouma kicking his own cat
  • The 27-year-old has faced widespread criticism for his actions in the video
  • Zouma has apologised and West Ham in a statement condemned his actions 
  • UFC star Jan Blachowicz has hit out at the defender in a post on social media
  • Despite the controversy, West Ham played Zouma in the 1-0 win over Watford 

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz has challenged Kurt Zouma to ‘try to kick’ him following the video which emerged of the West Ham defender kicking his own cat.

West Ham condemned the actions of the defender but selected him to start in Tuesday night’s 1-0 victory over Watford.

The animals have been seized by the RSPCA who are conducting a joint investigation with the police into the player who has been docked £250,000 by West Ham.  

UFC star Jan Blachowicz has hit out at Kurt Zouma over the video showing the West Ham star kicking his own cat

Zouma has faced widespread criticism since the video was released and he has apologised for his actions

Zouma has faced widespread criticism and Blachowicz is the latest name to hit out at the player on social media.

In a tweet, the 38-year-old said: ‘If you are so tough mother****er, @kurtzouma try to kick me. What a piece of s***. No tolerance for animal cruelty.’

Blachowicz, has a professional mixed martial arts record of 28-9 – with eight knockouts and nine submission wins to his name. 

Zouma is facing a joint police and RSPCA investigation into his actions in the video

He last held the UFC light heavyweight title between 2020 and 2021, having lost the belt in his last outing with his submission defeat to Glover Teixeira. 

Zouma apologised after being caught on camera kicking, slapping and chasing his cat in his home, insisting it was an ‘isolated incident that will not happen again’. 

Initially the Met Police said they would not investigate the incident, before Surrey Police said they would look into the matter. However, it later emerged the attack was filmed in his £2m Essex home.

Essex police said: ‘We are aware of a video circulating on social media relating to an incident involving a cat which members of our communities may find distressing.

‘We have recently been made aware that this incident may have taken place in Essex and we are liaising with the RSPCA and urgent enquiries are ongoing.’

Zouma, who is on £125,000 a week, has been docked two weeks’ wages by West Ham, who faced criticism for their selection of him on Tuesday night.

Zouma played for West Ham against Watford on Tuesday despite the controversy surrounding him

David Moyes defended his decision to start Zouma, saying he made it on purely football terms as he had to ‘pick the best team’ possible. Asked if the video had any influence, the Scot said: ‘No, because he is one of our better players. But it is certainly ongoing and the club are dealing with it, so that is a separate matter.’

Moyes said he himself is an ‘animal lover’ and that he had seen the video. ‘I’m really disappointed (with Zouma),’ he continued. ‘We didn’t see that in his character.

‘The club have taken all the actions they can do. They’re working on that behind the scenes. My job is to try to pick a team – the best team – and Kurt was part of that team.

‘I’m a big animal lover and I think it’s something which will have affected a lot of people. My job was to try to win for West Ham and put the best team out.’

Quizzed on whether, in hindsight, he thinks he made the wrong decision, Moyes said: ‘My feeling was Kurt’s apologised and I understand people won’t accept just an apology. But to me, he came out, said that (apology), very honestly and, as I said before, I had to do my job then. That job was to pick the best team I possible could.

‘Overall my job was to try to find a way of getting a win for West Ham. There will be people disappointed with that and I understand that totally.’




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