Colby Covington and a few members of American Top Team (ATT) — Jorge Masvidal and Dustin Poirier — are not getting along. “Chaos” has been taking shots at both Masvidal and Poirier, and the two fired right back at Covington. It got to the point where “The Diamond” said it is ‘on sight’ if he […]
Now, Colby Covington believes there could be a brawl at ATT with everything that is going on.
“Things are definitely going to be weird,” Covington said to Chael Sonnen of the atmosphere at American Top Team (h/t BJPENN.com). “It comes out of jealousy and bitterness, Uncle Chael. These guys are wishing they could do what I do and they’re mad at where I’m at and what I do for a living. They wish they could make the pay checks. There is going to be a little jealously. There might be a brawl at ATT. We might come to blows. I’m prepared for anything.”
If there is a fight at ATT between Colby Covington, Jorge Masvidal, and Dustin Poirier, “Chaos” is more than confident he wins those fights. He has trashed “Gamebred” as a .500 fighter and a journeyman fighter while saying Poirier can’t stuff a takedown for the life of him.
“These guys are talking a lot but they know what would happen if they stepped to me,” he said. “I’d beat their asses. I’m not to worried about them. They’ve got to worry about me.”
What do you make of Colby Covington’s comments saying there could be a brawl at ATT?
Colby Covington has been taking heat from Jorge Masvidal and Dustin Poirier. “Chaos” has been taking shots at both of them saying Masvidal is a ‘journeyman’ fighter and predicted Poirier would lose to Nurmagomedov because he can…
Colby Covington has been taking heat from Jorge Masvidal and Dustin Poirier. “Chaos” has been taking shots at both of them saying Masvidal is a ‘journeyman’ fighter and predicted Poirier would lose to Nurmagomedov because he can’t stuff a takedown. After UFC 242, Poirier then said he doesn’t sell out like Covington and says it’s […]
Much has been made about Robbie Lawler’s departure from American Top Team (ATT). In fact, it seems to be the main source of drama and buildup heading into the former champion’s bout with Colby Covington at this weekend’s UFC Newark. A…
Much has been made about Robbie Lawler’s departure from American Top Team (ATT). In fact, it seems to be the main source of drama and buildup heading into the former champion’s bout with Colby Covington at this weekend’s UFC Newark. ATT faithful Covington claimed Lawler left the gym that made him champion because of a […]
Ahead of UFC Newark’s main event between Robbie Lawler and Colby Covington, the build-up was teammates turned rivals. “Ruthless” used to train at American Top Team but left for Hard Knocks 365. Yet, since then, “Chaos” has made it a big deal that he left the team. But, Lawler doesn’t care and just went to […]
Ahead of UFC Newark’s main event between Robbie Lawler and Colby Covington, the build-up was teammates turned rivals. “Ruthless” used to train at American Top Team but left for Hard Knocks 365.
Yet, since then, “Chaos” has made it a big deal that he left the team. But, Lawler doesn’t care and just went to a gym that best fits his style. He says he enjoys training there and is glad he made the move.
“I’m cool with the road I’ve taken and I have no animosity to anybody at that gym,” Lawler said at a media scrum. “I’m just moving forward, growing and getting better.
“It is what it is. I’m not at that gym anymore. I’m at Hard Knocks doing my thing and worried about myself.”
Although ATT is considered one of the best gyms in the world, it was not the right fit for Robbie Lawler. Instead, he wanted a change and gave a very good reason on why he left.
“Because I felt like going, like a grownup,” he said.
In the end, this fight has been all about Lawler and Covington and ATT. “Chaos,” said “Ruthless” left because of a picture, and heplans on winning this for Dan Lambert (ATT Owner) and for everyone at the gym. But, it seems like that isn’t giving Lawler any motivation into this scrap.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words and if Colby Covington is to be believed, then a picture is to blame for Robbie Lawler’s exit from American Top Team. Covington is scheduled to clash with Lawler on Aug. 3. The bout will headline UFC N…
They say a picture is worth a thousand words and if Colby Covington is to be believed, then a picture is to blame for Robbie Lawler’s exit from American Top Team. Covington is scheduled to clash with Lawler on Aug. 3. The bout will headline UFC Newark inside the Prudential Center in New Jersey. “Chaos” […]
Former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington initially seemed he was taking a cordial approach to his upcoming fight with Robbie Lawler at UFC Newark. That didn’t last long Covington joined “The Ariel Helwani MMA Show” earlier today (Mon. July 8, 2019) and was asked about his matchup against his former teammate. “Chaos” didn’t waste […]
Former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington initially seemed he was taking a cordial approach to his upcoming fight with Robbie Lawler at UFC Newark. That didn’t last long
Covington joined “The Ariel Helwani MMA Show” earlier today (Mon. July 8, 2019) and was asked about his matchup against his former teammate. “Chaos” didn’t waste any time to begin shredding “Ruthless,” who apparently departed American Top Team over a picture that was featured in the gym of Tyron Woodley holding his hands up after defeating Lawler for the 170-pound title:
“Yeah, pretty much “Snoozeman Marty Fake Newsman” is out there and he doesn’t want to fight,” Covington said. “So it only makes sense that I give a title shot to the most deserving guy in the division. A guy that’s coming off a first-round knockout of Ben Askren, “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler. The biggest name in the division.
“If you go ask anybody on the street right now about any welterweight, whose the bigger name? Robbie Lawler or Kamaru Usman? He’s [Lawler] a legend. So, he deserves a title shot, and I’m excited to give him a title shot, because he was so silver spoon fed at American Top Team. I earned everything the hard way. That guy had everything at American Top Team.
“I mean, all the coaches, all the training partners – and then all of a sudden he turned his back and left because of a picture? Oops, did I say that out loud, Ariel? I didn’t mean to spoil the news out loud about why he left American Top Team, but he took his ball from the yard and left because of a picture.
“A picture they put up of Tyron Woodley getting his hand raised of when he beat Robbie Lawler. That’s why he left the team. It was put up in the gym. He got up in his feelings, started crying, and turned his back on all the people who helped him from the start.”
Because of the way things ended between Lawler and the gym, Covington, the self-proclaimed captain of American Top Team, believes it’s his responsibility to make an example of “Ruthless”:
“Absolutely there’s heat, man,” Covington said. “As team captain I have to handle this accordingly now. How dare he besmirch Dan Lambert and American Top Team, so, now I have to handle him accordingly.”
Prior to Lawler leaving ATT, Covington and the former welterweight king shared a training room for several years. In fact, Covington was a primary sparring partner for Lawler when he fought Johny Hendricks – another southpaw wrestler – both times during his title run:
“Yeah, absolutely, many times,” Covington said. “When he was getting ready for Johny Hendricks he needed a southpaw wrestler, and that’s exactly what I am. So for both his Johny Hendricks fights I gave him hundreds of rounds of sparring.”
However, Covington was reluctant to give away any details as to how those sparring sessions went:
“Come on, Ariel,” Covington said with a smile. “You know I don’t kiss and tell.”
As August 3 closes in, Covington is dead set on getting one back for ATT, similar to the way he did against Demian Maia, who had defeated Jorge Masvidal 2017. Covington vowed to leave Lawler in a pool of his own blood:
“Absolutely, man,” Covington said. “I will make him pay for it. He’ll be in a pool of his own blood. Just like when I had to defend my boy Jorge when he lost to Demian Maia, I had to go out there and get one back for the team and leave him in a pool of blood.
“It’s gonna be the same way for Robbie Lawler come August 3. He betrayed me, man. I gave him everything. Trained with him every single day, it was always on his time schedule, he had all the coaches, all the money he could ever need in the whole entire world from Dan Lambert and American Top Team, and he betrayed us because of a picture, man.”
Covington will be facing Lawler in the main event of UFC Newark from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on August 3.
What to you make of Covington’s comments towards Lawler ahead of their fight?