It seems that Colby Covington’s beef with American Top Team is claiming yet another victim, with UFC lightweight Dustin Poirier reluctantly willing to take on “Chaos” Covington. Poirier, in an appearance on The MMA Hour, took the opportunity to diss Colby and explain exactly how much he dislikes his former teammate.
“He’s everything I dislike about mixed martial arts. He’s a cartoon character. Everything he does if for any extra click, view, none of it’s authentic. He can wrestle, he’s tough.
Dustin Poirier Open to Colby Fight: “He’s a cartoon character!”
I’ve been around him for years. I know him from being in the gym with him since 2012, 2013-ish, but he’s just a fake, a phony.” Poirier also clarified why he’d be willing to accept a fight against Covington.
“I don’t hate anyone, but if there was a line right before hate, Colby’s standing right there. I really dislike the guy, and I’ve been saying I don’t want him to make a dollar off of fighting me, but they offered me him last week.
It was either wait to the end of the year and fight for a No. 1 contender at lightweight, or fight in July, and that was the name that they gave me. So I was like, ‘F*** it.’
So that’s not a call out of him. I’m not going out of my way. I don’t want to fight the guy. I don’t want him profiting anything off of me, but if they’re not giving me a fight until the end of the year and this is what they’re giving me, I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do. I fought in December. I don’t want to sit in a holding pattern for 10-11 months. I’m healthy and I want to fight.
I’m kind of pissed off at myself for saying I’d do it. Not that I’m worried about the guy or his skill set or anything like that, it’s that I don’t want the f****** guy to prosper because I said yes to a fight with him. I don’t want him to make a dollar off of anything that I’ve done or off of fighting me, period. But you get a glass of whiskey in you, they call you a couple days before, s*** happens and then you fight.
So f*** it. At least, if it does happen, it’s not a fight where I’m going to take any damage. This f****** guy.” Do you want to see Poirier vs Covington? Let us know in the comments.
