Colby Covington didn’t maintain again together with his feedback about Matt Brown after “The Immortal” steered that Covington may retire if he loses his subsequent struggle.
Followers final noticed “Chaos” within the Octagon when he took a unanimous choice over Jorge Masvidal in the principle occasion of UFC 272. That victory was apparently sufficient for UFC CEO Dana White to call Covington as the subsequent challenger for Leon Edwards’ welterweight title, which can mark the third time that the previous interim titleholder has tried to turn out to be undisputed champion.
Longtime UFC veteran Brown lately proposed that Covington may retire if he had been to lose to Edwards at UFC 296, and “Chaos” determined to answer that suggestion throughout a latest interview with Submission Radio.
“Matt, don’t hate me. Hate the truth that you reside in trailer trash and it’s the person within the mirror,” Covington mentioned. “I made good choices in my life, I’m at this level in my profession ‘trigger I had self-discipline, self management. One thing you recognize nothing about since you’re a drug addict. Don’t be mad that I’ve all this cash and I’ve accomplished all these nice issues. You reside in a trailer, you married trailer trash, I’m married to the sport mom****er.”
Colby Covington Blames Matt Brown’s Feedback On Knockout Loss
Brown is coming off an unimaginable knockout win over Court docket McGee earlier this 12 months, however Covington determined to attribute the 42-year-old’s latest feedback to his 2020 loss to Miguel Baeza.
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“He should have bought hit within the head too laborious from my good friend Miguel Baeza. He knocked him mindless. I knew that Matt was dumb, however I didn’t know he was that dumb. But it surely simply so occurs my buddy Miguel Baeza knocked him into one other dimension. He doesn’t know what he’s speaking about. He’s saying this and that – dude, he must go get some extra money from his subsequent struggle so he can spend it on medicine once more.”
Covington has by no means shied away from buying and selling verbal barbs with different fighters, and even when referring to Brown as a “drug addict” appears to be a largely distasteful comment it’s hardly probably the most inflammatory remark that the previous interim welterweight champion has directed at somebody.
A loss towards Edwards would depart Covington with a 3-3 file relationship again to his first welterweight title shot at UFC 245, and he received’t have a straightforward evening of labor in Las Vegas when he tries to turn out to be the primary fighter to defeat “Rocky” since 2015.
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