Social media users condemn ‘disrespectful’ booing of Queen Elizabeth II tribute at UFC

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, passed away peacefully at the age of 96 at Balmoral in Scotland on Thursday afternoon.

As a mark of respect, many sporting organisations, including the Premier League and EFL, opted to postpone all the weekend’s fixtures as well as any games scheduled to be played on Monday.

Numerous tributes to the late Queen have been made at many sporting and other entrainment events taking place across the world.

One tribute, however, at UFC 279 held at the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas on Saturday was met with booing and chants of “USA” from sections of the crowd gathered in the 18,000-capacity venue.

Adam Hill, a reporter for the Las Vegas Review Journal, tweeted: “UFC PPV starts off with a moment of silence in remembrance of Queen Elizabeth, which is met with boos and then a USA chant.”

Since the footage emerged, many social media users have taken to Twitter to express their frustration at the crowd’s hostile reaction.

One user simply wrote: “Classless.”

Another added: “Have some respect.”

While a third posted: “Every 1 respect and show remorse to those who lost their lives in 9/11 but then we get booed 4 losin’ our queen. They should be ashamed of themselves, so disrespectful.”

He said: "I want to get out of the UFC for a minute and show all these fighters how to take over and own up another sport how you’re supposed to do it because Conor McGregor didn’t know how to do it.

"None of these other fighters know how to do it. So I’m going to go out there and I’m going take over another profession and become the best at that. 

"Show everybody I’m the best at that and then I’m going to be right the f*** back here to get a motherf****** UFC title. The best title in the world."