Colby Covington takes purpose at fighters who’ve taken their abilities to the world of naked knuckle boxing.
Late final month, the BKFC, the world’s largest naked knuckle boxing promotion placed on its most well-received occasion since its inception. The promotion pitted former UFC champion Luke Rockhold towards Mike Perry in the primary occasion, and within the co-main occasion, Eddie Alvarez and Chad Mendes engaged in an thrilling contest.
It was a giant step not only for the BKFC, however the development of naked knuckle as a sport. The trendy period of the game started simply in 2015 when the primary authorized occasion was placed on in Northamptonshire, England.
Colby Covington will not be a fan of BKFC
Whereas some might now be changing into followers of the game, the subsequent welterweight title challenger, Colby Covington actually isn’t and was extremely important of those that have ventured over to the un-gloved recreation.
“To be trustworthy, I’ve by no means watched a kind of fights,” Covington stated to James Lynch. “I’m not fascinated by a sport like that and particularly nonetheless of fellows [who] are simply UFC washouts. These are simply guys which are going to combat on the Indian Fairgrounds as a result of they couldn’t make it within the UFC, so we’re speaking in regards to the largest and greatest enterprise and the largest and greatest fights, and that’s solely within the UFC. It’s one of the best group on the planet.” (H/T MMA Mania)
Whereas nothing has been booked, UFC president Dana White has insisted that Covington will face Leon Edwards for his 170lb title. The selection has not been removed from criticism, with many feeling that Covington’s current report will not be one that’s deserving of a shot at gold. Whereas that could be true, the 35-year-old has additionally made a behavior of placing on enjoyable fights over his previous couple of.
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