“Oh you are right mom,” Colby Covington shares mother’s influential advice that led him to pursue MMA

There was no doubt Colby Covington was a huge star in the UFC. Before his MMA career, Covington earned himself a name in the American wrestling circuit. But why did he pick up MMA? What was his reason? ‘Chaos’ answered these questions in his recent interview with Tucker Carlson. As such, he revealed it was his mom, Noelle Covington, behind his decision to pursue an MMA career.

Colby Covington had a troubled childhood as he was easily bullied. Since he was a short wrestler, people mocked him for his appearance and called him out for fights. As such, he got into fights a lot. Now, he recalled an incident when his mom yelled at him after having a park fight. This lit the initial spark for ‘Chaos’ to dream about an MMA career. Here is what he said:

I was smaller, so they wanted to pick on me and call me out and fight. I remember, I got one fight in the park and I came home, and my mom is like 'You're never fighting again Colby. If you want to fight, go to the UFC and make money to fight.' That's when the bell rung in my head and I was like Oh, you're right mom. I should just go make this a living.

Colby Covington via The Tucker Carlson X Account

Colby Covington had a successful collegiate wrestling career during his teenage years. He wrestled for Iowa Central Community College and later at Oregon State University.

During this time, ‘Chaos’ competed in numerous tournaments including the prestigious NCAA tournament. Due to his short appearance, people bullied him, resulting in his fighting them. However, from his mom’s advice, he picked up MMA and signed with the UFC soon. As such, he was now a popular name in the UFC.

Recently, Colby Covington faced Leon Edwards in UFC 296 for the welterweight championship. However, he lost the bout via unanimous decision. But, the stardom of ‘Chaos’ never took a hit as he embraced his fight persona and entertained the fans. After the loss, he expressed his interest in fighting Stephen Thomspon next.

Colby Covington’s early MMA career

Colby Covington is a popular name in the UFC. However, that wasn’t the case during his initial MMA career. ‘Chaos’ was even on the verge of getting cut from the UFC at one point in his career. But, he soon tuned heel to put up a villain-persona to market himself. But how was his early MMA career? How did he enter the UFC? Read along.

After having a successful wrestling career during his college days, Colby Covington pursued MMA as a career. As such, he got an opportunity at ‘American Top Team’, one of the world’s best MMA gyms. So, he racked up five wins before signing with the UFC. He made his UFC debut against Anying Wang and won via TKO in the first round. After winning his three fights in the UFC, he faced his first loss to Warlley Alves.

However, Colby Covington tore through the welterweight division since that loss. He went on a 7-fight win streak and acquired the interim championship title. But he couldn’t unify the title against the then-champion Kamaru Usman. Covington had three chances at the undisputed title but failed at them. Recently, he lost to champion Leon Edwards in his third title shot. Still, he was also ranked in the top five and remained a big name in the UFC.

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