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Colby Covington Vows To Dethrone ‘Race-Baiting’ Tyron Woodley

Controversial welterweight Colby Covington has made quite the name for himself both inside and outside of the cage last year, and this year appears to be no different. Covington has his sights set on welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, and as usual, he won’t hold back while doing so. The welterweight contender called Woodley out for […]

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Controversial welterweight Colby Covington has made quite the name for himself both inside and outside of the cage last year, and this year appears to be no different.

Covington has his sights set on welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, and as usual, he won’t hold back while doing so.

The welterweight contender called Woodley out for ‘race-baiting’ and vows to be the champion the people want (via Submission Radio):

“He let’s things get to his emotions. He’s literally a prima donna. That’s the perfect explanation for Tyron Woodley. He tries to racebait. The people that don’t like him and don’t wanna watch him for or think he’s boring, ‘Oh, they’re racist’. That’s his only claim now.

“So, he’s just trapped, he’s in a corner and he’s defeated before anything. The fans have completely gotten in his head and everybody’s under his skin. He doesn’t know how to handle the position he’s in now, but it’s okay, I’m gonna take over his position as welterweight champ and you will see the division be made great again.”

Covington (13-1) most recently defeated Demian Maia in October and has kept his name in the press ever since. Meanwhile, Woodley himself beat Maia at UFC 214 and is due for a title defense after recovering from shoulder surgery for the torn labrum he suffered in the fight.

However, Covington will have to navigate his way around fellow contenders Rafael Dos Anjos, Santiago Ponzinibbio, and Darren Till in order to get a fight with the champion, and he may just have to face off with surging contender Kamaru Usman before he fights any of them.

Who would you like to see Woodley defend his belt against next? Should Covington be the next fighter in line for a shot?

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UFC Sydney Post-Fight Press Conference

UFC Fight Night 121 went down this evening from the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. In the headliner, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum met rising challenger Marcin Tybura after gaining headlines for a bizarre ‘assault’ a boomerang attack on outspoken welterweight Colby Covington. In the co-main event, Jessica Rose-Clark outlasted Bec Rawlings in the […]

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UFC Fight Night 121 went down this evening from the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.

In the headliner, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum met rising challenger Marcin Tybura after gaining headlines for a bizarre ‘assault’ a boomerang attack on outspoken welterweight Colby Covington.

In the co-main event, Jessica Rose-Clark outlasted Bec Rawlings in the new women’s flyweight division.

Watch the event’s post-fight press conference streaming live after the main card’s conclusion here:

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Watch: Fabricio Werdum Buys New Boomerang After Colby Covington Incident

It seems like former UFC heavyweight champ Fabricio Werdum isn’t taking the assault summons he was served with after being seen hitting trash-spewing UFC welterweight Colby Covington with a boomerang in Sydney, Australia, all too seriously. “Vai Cavalo,” who will take on Marcin Tybura in the main event of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 122, was apparently […]

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It seems like former UFC heavyweight champ Fabricio Werdum isn’t taking the assault summons he was served with after being seen hitting trash-spewing UFC welterweight Colby Covington with a boomerang in Sydney, Australia, all too seriously.

“Vai Cavalo,” who will take on Marcin Tybura in the main event of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 122, was apparently sick of Covington calling his Brazilian countrymen “filthy animals” repeatedly since he uncorked the derogatory phrase following his win over local hero Demian Maia at October 28’s UFC Sao Paulo.

He was seen hitting Covington with said boomerang in a video from UFC featherweight Dan Hooker. But with the weapon now involved in the “alleged” assault from Werdum, he was once again void of his favorite souvenir. That is until he posted a video on Instagram telling his friend acting as the store clerk that he was purchasing a new one, “because the other day I threw one and it didn’t came back.”

Check it out here:

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Fabricio Werdum Served With Assault Charges For Boomerang Incident

It looks like Colby Covington wasn’t kidding when he said he planned to press charges on UFC heavyweight Fabricio Werdum for (allegedly) throwing a boomerang at him in Sydney, Australia, yesterday. News arrived this evening from The New South Wales police force’s official website (via MMA Junkie) that the former UFC heavyweight champ would face […]

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It looks like Colby Covington wasn’t kidding when he said he planned to press charges on UFC heavyweight Fabricio Werdum for (allegedly) throwing a boomerang at him in Sydney, Australia, yesterday.

News arrived this evening from The New South Wales police force’s official website (via MMA Junkie) that the former UFC heavyweight champ would face court for the assault:

A man will face court after he allegedly assaulted a man with a boomerang yesterday.

About 1.30pm (Thursday 16 November 2017), a 40-year-old man and a 29-year-old man became involved in an altercation outside a hotel on George Street, Sydney.

The incident escalated when the 40-year-old man allegedly threw a bag containing the boomerang at the other man, which hit him in the neck.

Officers from Sydney City Local Area Command were later alerted to the incident and commenced investigations.

Following inquiries, a 40-year-old man was issued with a Field Court Attendance Notice for common assault.

He is expected to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday 13 December 2017.

Neither man required medical treatment following the incident.

Werdum’s possible punishment for the incident, which began when Covington allegedly starting mouthing off by repeating his oft-cited slurs against Brazilians and kicked Werdum in the leg, is currently unknown. UFC featherweight Dan Hooker caught the incident on tape on his phone and posted it on Twitter.

Covington also began filming the incident on his phone towards the end of the snafu, where he was heard calling Brazilians “filthy” animals and hurling a homophobic slur on his own video.

But with this incident now involving an actual arrest following his highly-publicized UFC 216 media lunch standoff with Tony Ferguson where he threw several homophobic slurs of his own (for which he has yet to be punished), Werdum certainly isn’t doing himself  – or the UFC – any favors.

The promotion has stated they are looking into the incident to determine if violated the UFC Athlete Code of Conduct, and with charges now filed, there’s a good chance that it did.

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