Covington Continues His War Of Words With UFC
Colby Covington isn’t showing any signs of easing up on the UFC. Since it was announced that Kamaru Usman would get the next shot at the UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, Covington has been relentless in attacking the UFC at every chance he gets.
In his most recent tirade, ‘Chaos’ continued his war of words with the UFC, whilst speaking on episode 109 of BJPENN Radio (as transcribed by BJPenn.com)
“I never said I’d go fight Rory in Bellator, I just said there’s some other fights out there and other organisations where there are big fights and I can go get them. I never named names.
“I wish I could talk to Bellator but I can’t do that. I’m under UFC contract, I would never breach my contract. I’m the true professional. I did everything UFC asked, always f***ing made weight, always on time at their events, flew all over the world, went to Australia, their show, sold it. Went to Singapore, went to Brazil, went to wherever they wanted me to go. I did everything, I’m an ultra-professional. And as a professional I wouldn’t breach my contract.
“I’m not allowed to talk to other promoters about fights because I’m in UFC contract. So, that’s what I’m saying to the UFC, like, come on motherf***ers, you guys think you’re so tough then let’s see how tough you are. Release me man, I don’t need you guys. If you guys think you’re so tough and try to think that I’m not worth anything and you don’t need me then release me. Let’s see it man, let’s see how f***ing big your balls are.”
“There’s a lot of opportunities out there you know, in other organisations. You got good things coming together. It’s a good time for MMA because now people can realize it’s not just UFC. UFC tries to threaten you and make you think that there’s no other option, there’s nowhere else to go, they’re the end-all, they’re the biggest, baddest dudes in town, but that’s not how it is man. They consistently shoot themselves in the foot and they consistently are making their brand go down by doing this circus shit where they move a card from one city to another while they pass up the number one guy in the world for the number two guy in the world when it makes no sense.”
“They wanna be legitimate like a f***ing sport, like NFL, like NBA, you can’t be legitimate when a team wins a championship and you don’t let them go to the championship game. I don’t give a f**k. If you’re in the NBA, you win the Eastern Conference Championship and you’re LeBron and the Cavaliers, you’re going to the motherf***ing ‘ship. It doesn’t matter if David Stern doesn’t like you, you’re going to go to the championship. This isn’t a sport no more, it’s a joke, it’s a circus, it’s being run by a bunch of bozos. You got Uncle Fester (Dana White) up there, up top in his power position and it’s just a complete joke.
“If this is legitimate sport when you win the conference championship you go to the championship. It doesn’t matter if the promoter hates the f***ing coach or hates the manager.”
Tyron Woodley vs Kamaru Usman goes down at UFC 235 at the T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas on March 2nd.
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