Amid plans to return this summer time, veteran welterweight, Colby Covington has accused fighters in his division — together with Michael ‘Venom’ Web page of utilizing his title to attain “woke points” in a bid to additionally safe a high-profile pairing with him.
Covington, who retains the quantity 9 rank within the division amid his latest spell of inactivity, paired with a two-fight dropping skid for the primary event in his Octagon tenure.
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Impromtly headlining UFC Struggle Night time Orlando on the tail finish of final 12 months, the Clovis native dropped a 3rd spherical physician’s stoppage TKO loss to rising contender, Joaquin Buckley of their major occasion conflict — seeing a sizeable minimize opened on his forehead.
Colby Covington accuses fighters of utilizing him for “woke points”
And ever the one to politicize his fights, Covington — who has regularly branded himself a present President, Donald Trump’s favourite fighter, has accused his fellow combatants of utilizing his title to attain “points” with an alleged woke viewers.
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“Everybody talks about me,” Colby Covington advised Submission Radio. “No one can keep my name out of their mouth in this division or even in the UFC because they get woke points to say my name and say some threatening things towards me. So, you know, I don’t know. I didn’t pay attention to it. I don’t pay attention to anything he (Michael ‘Venom’ Page) does. He’s another irrelevant bum.”
Covington’s feedback come off the again of a pre-potential battle prediction from Web page at UFC London over the weekend, by which he claimed he would knock out the previous interim champion with a brutal flying knee.
“I’m hoping for another jumping knee to the face,” Michael ‘Venom’ Web page stated of a possible final result in a hypothetical battle with Colby Covington.
