Colby Covington will finally get his second shot at the welterweight title. If you ask “Chaos”, he’s been demanding another shot at Kamaru Usman for years, only for the champ to consistently duck him.
He told ESPN that only the UFC’s intervention, and a threat to remove Usman’s title should he continue avoiding Covington, was enough.
Chaos Covington: Usman Almost Had His Title Stripped
““It’s been such a journey. It’s been tough. It wasn’t supposed to happen. They did not want it to happen. His manager, they were refusing. They were trying to find every way in the book out of fighting this rematch.
They didn’t want this fight and the only reason they have to take it is the UFC gave them no choice. They said, ‘Hey, you fight this fight or we strip you. It’s one or the other. You’ve got to come out and prove you’re the best in the world. There needs to be no controversy surrounding this fight.’ So it’s been tough.”
Colby Covington lost his last fight against Kamaru Usman via a final-round TKO. He has long contended that this was an early stoppage, and that earlier in the fight Usman faked a low blow. UFC 268, then, will provide Covington with his chance to settle the score.
Covington criticized Usman’s choice of opponents in the years since their last clash. “I had to go out and finish a former world champion in Woodley.
He got too easy paychecks against lightweights that should have never been there. His last fight was against ‘Street Judas’ Masvidal.
God, I was beating that guy decades ago. That’s not an achievement. You’re proud for beating that guy? That guy’s a lightweight. He shouldn’t even be up here at the top of the mountain.”
Covington continued, even throwing some shade as his former teammate and fellow welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal.
“He’s knocking out lightweights, he’s knocking out guys that shouldn’t be in there with him. These are easy paychecks and there’s a reason he fought those guys, because he knew he was going to win.
A former training partner of his, Dilbert, the guy should have never been in there. ‘Street Judas’ Masvidal? The only reason he’s in that position is because he’s got all the hype on him. No one cares to see that guy fight. He’s not a top-tier fighter.
‘Street Judas’ Masvidal is the most fragile guy on the UFC roster and he deserves no place fighting in a championship fight and we found that out.”
Is Colby Covington right about the caliber of Usman’s opponents? Will we see a different result when the two fight at UFC 268? Let us know in the comments.
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