Legendary coach SLAMS Colby Covington for ‘sucking life out of MMA’ after involving Leon Edwards’ personal life
Legendary MMA coach Ray Longo slams Colby Covington for his disrespectful persona after his one sided loss to Leon Edwards
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Ray Longo slams Colby Covington after his one sided loss to Leon Edwards (via Imago/ YouTube)
The main event of UFC 296 left a bad taste in the mouths of fight fans. After all the hype and drama surrounding the fight, it turned out to be a dud. Ray Longo is the head coach of the Serra-Longo fight team on Long Island. He passionately criticized Colby Covington following his performance at UFC 296. Longo criticized his behavior both inside and outside the octagon on an episode of the Anik & Florian Podcast.
Longo’s disdain for Covington stems from a prior incident in which Covington made needless threats against UFC analyst Jon Anik. Covington’s pre-fight trash talk reached a frightening level when he insulted Leon Edwards’ late father. According to Longo, this crossed a boundary and went beyond the allowed parameters of promoting a fight. This is what he had to say:
Colby, you’re sucking the f****** life out of the community. Like a leech on society, and now you’re attacking this guy. It’s just too much for me. I don’t care for it. And, man, talk about karma, because what a piece of s*** that fight was. I mean, the guy did absolutely nothing and to be able to take a pro-Colby crowd, and by the end of the fight have the crowd against you, good luck, my man.Ray Longo via The Anik & Florian Podcast
Longo went on to say that Covington’s actions remained harmful to the MMA community. He questioned Covington’s conduct, implying that the fighter may come to regret his actions in the long term.
Covington’s defeat at UFC 296 was his third failed effort to become the undisputed UFC welterweight belt. This puts his record in his past five fights to 2-3. Despite the defeat, Covington stated that his next opponent would be Stephen Thompson.
Fight fans react to Ray Longo’s assessment of Colby Covington’s performance
Coach Ray Longo’s sharp statements following Colby Covington’s loss at UFC 296 generated a passionate reaction from fans on social media. MMA fans turned to social media platforms to voice their reactions.
Several fans expressed dissatisfaction with Colby Covington’s performance as well as his pre-fight trash talk. According to several fight fans, neither Colby Covington nor Leon Edwards performed well. Others believed that Covington was done in the octagon. Here are some of the reactions from fight fans:
The fan reactions demonstrate the polarising nature of Colby Covington’s photograph. The intense responses demonstrate the MMA community’s emotional investment in the stories around its fighters and the expectations fans have for their behavior outside of the cage and their performance within it.
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