Morning report: Colby Covington reacts to UFC 258 main event: ‘This looks like a guy ready to be knocked out’

On Saturday night at UFC 258, Kamaru Usman overcame some initial problems to finish the contender of the ranking Gilbert Burns and keep the welterweight title. It was a stellar performance by the 170-pound champion, showing his ability to overcome adversity and his champion spirit. But for rival Colby Covington, all he showed was weakness.

“I think he looks like a guy really prepared to be knocked out in his next fight, and I want to be the one to hand him over,” said Covington Submission Radio. “He looks a little chinny. Dilbert, he’s a huge guy, man, he’s a 155-er being knocked out by 155-ers. The guy is nothing, and that guy left and dumped you and almost finished you in the first round? You were lucky to get rid of it, he fell on his back and sat there for five minutes and let you recover. Besides, I didn’t see anything special. I see a guy who is getting worse. He changed the field and he looks like a different fighter in the worst way. It seems to have declined in its progression. So, he looks like a guy I’m ready to expose to the world, and I want to show them Colby “Chaos” Covington 2.0. “

Usman and Covington obviously have a history together. The two men were moving up to the welterweight category at the same time, and although Covington was initially prepared to take the first shot at the title against then champion Tyron Woodley, he failed to come to terms with the UFC and instead , they gave Usman the shot. Usman won the belt and then defended against Covington in his first defense, knocking out “Chaos” in the fifth round of a round trip. It is a defeat that Covington contests, calling the strike early and saying that he wants a second chance at “Nigeria’s Nightmare”.

“Marty Fakenewsman, he was lucky enough to shit the first time we fought,” said Covington. “I was beating him three to one. The next time we fight, I will not be poisoned before the fight. In the fight, I won’t have Marc Goddard to save him and stop the momentum in the fight when I kick him in the liver and they call him crazy. That changed the whole momentum of the fight, man. And he had several breaks in the fight to catch his breath and regroup and stuff. And it was an early stop. I was winning the fight by three to one. I want my rematch with Marty. Jorge ‘street Judas’ Masvidal withdrew from the welterweight tournament, with only Marty Fakenewsman and me at the top of the mountain. “

Unfortunately for Covington, his dreams do not seem destined to come true. In the past few months, the UFC had been working to set up a spiteful fight between Covington and Jorge Masvidal, and it was generally assumed that the winner would fight for the welterweight title again. However, after stopping Gilbert Burns on Saturday, Usman called for a rematch with Masvidal, saying he wants to face “Gamebred” with a full camp instead of six days’ notice. Unsurprisingly, Covington was not a fan.

“This is hilarious. Marty Fakenewsman is a complete coward,” said Covington. “If I had a victory over him in the same way that he has a victory over me, I would like to step back immediately. You know you didn’t beat me, and the fans know about that night in that arena, and everyone around the world knew it was a standstill, a fight of lies, and there are still a lot of stones that cannot be turned over. the most difficult challenge, and it’s me. He’s looking for an easy payday, he’s looking for Street Judas Masvidal because he knows it’s over. This fight always happens the same way, guys. ”

Whether or not Covington is right is, at this point, irrelevant. The wheels already seem to be spinning for a Usman vs. Masvidal rematch, leaving Covington once again in the cold. Instead, Dana White suggested that Covington take on third place welterweight contender Leon Edwards, another fight that would apparently give the winner a shot at the title, but Covington apparently has no interest in that.

“Leon (Edwards) won nothing, boys. I’m in the championship business at Colby Covington Incorporated, I’m not in the Leon Scott charity business. This is not a charity hour, man. I’m fighting at the top of the mountain, I’m fighting the best in the world … It’s not my fault that this boy hasn’t fought in two years. This boy is not my fault – there are people from England fighting all the time in the pandemic, they are not afraid to fight. So, I’m not doing charity for this guy who hasn’t fought in two years. He’s irrelevant, he hits a lot of bums, and I’m not doing charity. This is not a charity hour, this is the pay-per-view shit championship time. “

It seems that, once again, Colby Covington is destined to fall out with Dana White and the UFC.

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