Colby Covington is contemplating an enormous profession transfer as much as 185 kilos.
The one-time interim welterweight champion and three time welterweight title combat loser is simply 2-4 over the previous 5 years at 170 kilos. He could have a ton of excuses for that newest loss to Joaquin Buckley in Tampa, however the actuality was he was too gradual for Buckley and possibly a lot of the up-and-coming youthful contenders within the division.
So maybe it isn’t so shocking that Covington is contemplating a transfer to middleweight.
“Truthfully, 185 is intriguing,” Colby advised Submission Radio. “I believe it might be sort of cool to go up there with the narrative like, ‘Oh, this man’s a small 170. He’s going to go as much as 185 and tackle a good larger problem.’ So there’s a risk, I’m all the time in search of the most important and greatest fights. So we’ll see.”
“Chaos” has fought as soon as per yr since 2020, and shifting up additionally provides him an excuse to experience that pine quite than face hungry up-and-comers like Ian Machado Garry.
“I believe I might go into like a heavy lifting program, as a result of I’ve all the time been about cardio and excessive interval coaching,” Covington stated. “I might take a pair months, like two, three, 4 months to simply actually get on weight routine to place muscle on. You wish to get energy and also you wish to be robust at that weight class. I do know these guys are so much slower. That’s why guys that go away welterweight and so they go to middleweight have a lot success.”
“Guys like Whittaker turned champion, a man like Sean Strickland turned a champion. They go away welterweight the place these guys are quick. They’ve bought good cardio. These are the perfect athletes on the planet on this weight class. In order that they go up and so they have a lot success at middleweight as a result of the middleweights are unathletic. They’re gradual. So there’s something to be stated with that.”
As for who he’d prefer to combat?
Colby Covington calls out Sean Strickland for calling UFC fighter pay “utter rubbish”:
“Sean is within the flawed right here once more. I do not know why he is so mad concerning the UFC, they made him a millionaire too.
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— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) June 19, 2024
“Sean Strickland fights, all the time fascinating,” Covington stated. “He’s had his issues to say about me previously, I don’t suppose he’s something particular. He’s bought a jab, he’s bought a entrance kick. However in addition to that, you shut these these weapons down and he’s very restricted. He’s a cardio fighter. He’s only a cardio kickboxer, primarily. So I don’t suppose I don’t see any threats out of Sean Strickland. It’s an entertaining combat that I’d entertain sooner or later.”
Strickland additionally occurs to be the No. 1 contender at middleweight and is at the moment getting ready to rematch Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 312 in February. So not a nasty choice to leap proper into the highest of the 185 pound pile. Additionally an choice that wouldn’t be out there till July or August. So for those who had been anticipating Colby Covington to return again quickly to point out the world what he can actually do after truly coaching for a combat? Yeah, that doesn’t sound prefer it’s taking place.
