“I hope that Dana puts that together, I would love to go look the winner in the eyes and let them know I’m next,” Colby Covington means business
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Colby Covington, Jorge Masvidal and Kamaru Usman
Colby Covington is looking to get his title rematch against the welterweight champion Kamaru Usman since their last encounter, now that Usman is booked to face Jorge Masvidal this Saturday, at UFC 261 Covington is hoping he can get a piece of the winner after the fight.
Speaking to MMA Junkie, Covington said, “I hope that Dana puts that together, I would love to go look the winner in the eyes and let them know I’m next. Then the fans can see how cowardice they are when they go hiding and they go looking for a way out or ‘retirement’ or ‘I’m walking away from the sport.’
Covington added, “I’m hoping I get to look them in the eyes tomorrow night, but I don’t know if there will be enough men in the building to hold me back from what I’m going to do to the winner tomorrow night.”
Covington was asked about if he wants to face Usman first, he replied “Of course I would rather it be ‘Marty Fakenewsman. We have unfinished business. That first fight, there’s a bad taste in my mouth, there’s a bad taste in the fans’ mouth. … That fight needs to be run back. That’s the best fight that people want to see and it’s the fight that the fans deserve.”
“But honestly, he’s already talking about retiring, so I don’t see that fight happening. He’s probably going to retire and not fight me. Masvidal doesn’t want to fight me. He’s already turned down that fight for a year. He knows who his daddy is. Jorge Masvidal’s my son, and he knows what.”
“I don’t pick my fights,” says Colby Covington
In the same interview, Covington added, “I don’t pick my fights. I let UFC and Dana White decide that. I’ve never turned down a fight. People like to go with this fake narrative I’ve been turning down fights.”
“I haven’t turned down one fight. I haven’t had an official fight offer besides Jorge Masvidal in the last year, and I accepted every single day for the last eight months. I’m ready to fight him. I’m ready to expose him. Look at all the lies he was saying about how I got kicked out of the gym.”
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