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Colby Covington wasn’t about to hold his tongue after exiting American Top Team. Covington has revealed his departure from ATT. He claims that he’s in the business of Colby Covington and no one else. Gilbert Burns told TSN’s Aaron Bro…
Colby Covington wasn’t about to hold his tongue after exiting American Top Team. Covington has revealed his departure from ATT. He claims that he’s in the business of Colby Covington and no one else. Gilbert Burns told TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter that “Chaos” has been training at MMA Masters in South Florida for the past month. […]
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Colby Covington is no longer a member of American Top Team (ATT). It recently came to light that Covington was no longer mentioned on the ATT website as a current fighter leading to plenty of speculation as to whether he had quit the gym or even been told to leave. “Chaos” would confirm his departure […]
Colby Covington is no longer a member of American Top Team (ATT).
It recently came to light that Covington was no longer mentioned on the ATT website as a current fighter leading to plenty of speculation as to whether he had quit the gym or even been told to leave.
“Chaos” would confirm his departure on Wednesday in an interview with theScore.
“I’m not a member of the American Top Team gym in Coconut Creek (Florida),” Covington said. “I’m a member of Colby Covington Incorporated, I am a member of Colby Covington business, Colby Covington team. Everything, this is my team now. You can direct your complaints at me.”
Covington added that it was a business decision and that he would still be training with the same partners and coaches more or less.
“We’re still in the process of putting together a team for Colby Covington Incorporated,” Covington explained. “I have some great coaches around me. I haven’t changed my training partners and coaches a lot. I still have a lot of the same training partners and coaches. But we’re just on our own time and doing our own thing. And not afflicted with ATT in any way, shape, or form.”
Interestingly, Gilbert Burns claimed Covington was training at MMA Masters for more than a month.
However, it’s no secret that Covington had plenty of friction within the gym with other teammates such as Jorge Masvidal, Dustin Poirier and Joanna Jedrzejczyk. It reached points were ATT owner Dan Lambert had to intervene while where there was even a zero-tolerance policy on trash talking fellow teammates introduced.
Part of Covington’s decision was helping Lambert by easing his worries while also breaking free of the rules.
“All the people who are going to American Top Team and Dan Lambert and directing their complaints,” Covington said. “Up in their feelings, ‘Oh I’m a pro fighter but I’m gonna go to Dan Lambert, hey Dan, I don’t wanna fight him in the cage because I know I can’t beat him but Dan, can you protect my precious little feelings?’
“… This is honestly the best thing that could ever happen. Because now there’s no rules for me. Before there was rules. I wanted to respect Dan Lambert’s rule, because he’s like a father figure to me, he’s a mentor, man I have so much love and admiration for the guy, but to put me on rules, like come on, bro. You can’t suppress my freedom of speech, my freedom of opinion. You can’t take that away. This is the Ultimate Fighting Championship, this isn’t the Ultimate Feelings championship.
“Just because Joanna, Dustin, Jorge wanna complain to him and cry to him like little babies, that’s not fair. I don’t want to put him in that situation continually, where they’re gonna keep coming to him, harping at him. I just want him to be happy and not have to deal with this high school drama anymore. … Dustin Poirier, Jorge Masvidal, you got complaints come to me, let’s settle it in the cage.”
What do you make of this new development?
Colby Covington is no longer training at American Top Team. Covington made it clear that he was loyal to Dan Lambert but he’s admitted that things are a bit hostile at ATT. That’s because ever since Covington went full tilt with his MAGA sh…
Colby Covington is no longer training at American Top Team. Covington made it clear that he was loyal to Dan Lambert but he’s admitted that things are a bit hostile at ATT. That’s because ever since Covington went full tilt with his MAGA shtick, he’s gone as far as to take aim at his teammates. […]
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Back in March, Din Thomas announced that he was leaving American Top Team. Fast forward to May and Thomas has detailed his decision to leave one of MMA’s elite gyms. Thomas is a well-respected coach and looked to be a mainstay at ATT. The former …
Back in March, Din Thomas announced that he was leaving American Top Team. Fast forward to May and Thomas has detailed his decision to leave one of MMA’s elite gyms. Thomas is a well-respected coach and looked to be a mainstay at ATT. The former UFC lightweight felt it was time for a change. Din […]
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Colby Covington believes Jorge Masvidal questioned American Top Team (ATT) owner Dan Lambert’s authority by breaking the new no-trash talk rule. Last month, it was revealed that Lambert had enforced a zero tolerance rule barring trash talk between fighters at the gym if they are not scheduled to face each other. It was introduced amid […]
Colby Covington believes Jorge Masvidal questioned American Top Team (ATT) owner Dan Lambert’s authority by breaking the new no-trash talk rule.
Last month, it was revealed that Lambert had enforced a zero tolerance rule barring trash talk between fighters at the gym if they are not scheduled to face each other. It was introduced amid Covington’s beef with teammates Dustin Poirier and Masvidal among others.
Although Covington and Poirier have seemingly made up, Masvidal took to Twitter to explain why it doesn’t apply with him and “Chaos”:
“F*ck coby. The most fragile most sensitive guy in ufc history,” Masvidal wrote. “Can’t kick me out cause this rule was for fighters only. Not crotch sniffers that get their jaw broken by other crotch sniffers. @AmericanTopTeam we all know that dude is no fighter.”
It’s been a couple of weeks since, but Covington finally reacted to Masvidal’s tweet.
“Yeah, my reaction is, I was shocked,” Covington told Submission Radio. “He completely went against Dan Lambert’s word. Lambert put out that headline that said no talking between teammates unless you’re scheduled to fight, and Jorge completely just questioned his authority.
“So, as Dan Lambert, I can’t even imagine how he feels towards Jorge that he just completely tried to question him as a man and question his authority and just completely tried to pretty much back talk him. It’s just… that’s pretty embarrassing. I feel pretty bad for Jorge that he did that to Dan Lambert, and I can’t imagine the talks that were going on behind closed doors with that.”
Although it looks like Masvidal is set to face welterweight champion Kamaru Usman next, a fight with Covington seems inevitable in the future.
But having sparred with “Gamebred” regularly when they were roommates, Covington believes it’s a fight Masvidal doesn’t want:
“My relationship between me and journeyman street Judas Jorge Masvidal is, he could potentially be competition,” Covington added. “We’ll have to see if he makes it that far. To be honest, I’ve said what I said. He’s lighting in a bottle, he’s all hype, he doesn’t want to fight me, man.
“We used to train together for eight years, man. We were best friends, we lived in an apartment together. Me and Jorge Masvidal used to fight for free. Go look on YouTube. There’s literally fights where we fought in our living room. We fought for two hours straight and I made him quit, pretty much like every other training session that I made him quit. So, journeyman street Judas Masvidal does not want to fight me, and that’s just facts.”
And as far as trash talking Masvidal goes, Covington is going to adhere to the gym’s rule.
“Yeah, I’m still gonna stick by that rule, man,” Covington said. “I’m a man of my word and I got nothing to say about it anymore. I’m just focused on Tyron Woodley and Marty Fakenewsman and any other business opposition that I have to get involved in. And this is the fight business, this isn’t the feelings business and this isn’t friends business. So, I’m here to make money, I’m not here to make friends.”
What do you make of Covington’s response?
UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal feels he is exempt from the new rule implemented at American Top Team (ATT) preventing trash talk between teammates. Masvidal and Colby Covington have been going at each other for months as the two former roommates and friends appear to be on a collision course. Covington has also trash talked […]
UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal feels he is exempt from the new rule implemented at American Top Team (ATT) preventing trash talk between teammates.
Masvidal and Colby Covington have been going at each other for months as the two former roommates and friends appear to be on a collision course.
Covington has also trash talked the likes of other ATT teammates such as Dustin Poirier and Joanna Jedrezjczyk. With Jedrezjczyk, Covington recently went as far as saying she and Masvidal were having a fling together.
However, “Chaos” has seemingly made amends with Poirier now as ATT owner Dan Lambert enforced a zero tolerance rule barring trash talk between fighters at the gym if they are not scheduled to face each other.
“Gamebred” doesn’t seem to think it applies with Covington, however:
“Fuck coby. The most fragile most sensitive guy in ufc history,” Masvidal tweeted Tuesday. “Can’t kick me out cause this rule was for fighters only. Not crotch sniffers that get their jaw broken by other crotch sniffers. @AmericanTopTeam we all know that dude is no fighter.”
It should be interesting to see how Lambert or Covington react to Masvidal’s tweet. One thing is for sure — the trash talk between these two doesn’t look like it will end anytime soon.
What do you think of Masvidal’s response?