Colby Covington On Kamaru Usman: How Much Time Does He Need?

Colby Covington believes Kamaru Usman will be stripped of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight gold if he isn’t ready to return soon. Usman captured the welterweight title back in March against Tyron Woodley. “The Nigerian …

Colby Covington believes Kamaru Usman will be stripped of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight gold if he isn’t ready to return soon. Usman captured the welterweight title back in March against Tyron Woodley. “The Nigerian Nightmare” turned in a dominant performance, earning a unanimous decision victory to dethrone “The Chosen One.” Usman underwent hernia […]

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Colby Covington Expects Kamaru Usman To Get Stripped Of Title

Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington is getting fed up of Kamaru Usman’s lack of activity and expects him to get stripped of his title. Usman won the welterweight title when he outclassed Tyron Woodley over five rounds at UFC 235 in March. He was then expected to defend his newly-won title in a […]

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Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington is getting fed up of Kamaru Usman’s lack of activity and expects him to get stripped of his title.

Usman won the welterweight title when he outclassed Tyron Woodley over five rounds at UFC 235 in March. He was then expected to defend his newly-won title in a grudge match against Covington.

However, over three months on from his win over Woodley, there has been no real progress towards making that fight happen. For his part, Usman is recovering from injuries and recently claimed he was hoping to return before the end of the year. “The Nigerian Nightmare” also had doubts about whether Covington would accept a fight with him.

Covington, though, claims it is Usman who is delaying the fight by continuously trying to negotiate with the UFC.

“I’ve been presented contracts [for] as early as June in Chicago,” Covington said in a recent interview with Helen Yee. “Then they talked about July in International Fight Week in Vegas. Then they talked about Australia, they talked about Abu Dhabi. They’ve talked about everywhere. It’s all on his side.

“He’s trying to negotiate with the UFC, but he’s finding out that no one cares about him. Nobody’s interested in him as a fighter so he’s not going to be able to negotiate and get leverage like he thinks he is.”

Usman Getting Stripped?

Covington ideally wants to fight at New York’s Madison Square Garden where the UFC is expected to go for their annual November visit. “Chaos” also expects to be fighting for a title even if it’s not against Usman — which means the champion could be stripped of his belt.

“Absolutely [he will be stripped]. November will be eight or nine months since he’s fought. How much more time does he need?” Covington added. “He’s just pushing it back, pushing it back, trying to negotiate and not fight.

“He’s not here to make this division great again like I am. They might strip him of his number one contender belt, I don’t really care. I got the real world championship and I’m going to fight for another world championship in November.

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Colby Covington: I’m All About Being The Champion Of The People

Colby Covington believes he is a man of the people, more specifically the champ of the people. Covington is expected to be next in line for a shot at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight gold. It’s a title held by Kamaru Usman, w…

Colby Covington believes he is a man of the people, more specifically the champ of the people. Covington is expected to be next in line for a shot at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight gold. It’s a title held by Kamaru Usman, who dominated Tyron Woodley to snag the 170-pound championship. The two have […]

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Colby Covington Blasts Conor McGregor & Jon Jones For Not Giving Back

Colby Covington’s jaw jacking continues and he’s taking aim at Conor McGregor and Jon Jones for not giving back. Covington has been known to fire verbal insults at numerous fighters, even if they aren’t in his weight class. He has rip…

Colby Covington’s jaw jacking continues and he’s taking aim at Conor McGregor and Jon Jones for not giving back. Covington has been known to fire verbal insults at numerous fighters, even if they aren’t in his weight class. He has ripped his former college roommate Jones as well as the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) biggest […]

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Colby Covington Goes On Wild Rant About Jon Jones & Conor McGregor

UFC welterweight title contender Colby Covington just went off on two of the UFC’s biggest stars. “Chaos” is known for his trash talk and decided to go after UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, as well as Conor McGregor. UFC president Dana White has already stated Covington’s next fight will be UFC welterweight champion Kamaru […]

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UFC welterweight title contender Colby Covington just went off on two of the UFC’s biggest stars. “Chaos” is known for his trash talk and decided to go after UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, as well as Conor McGregor.

UFC president Dana White has already stated Covington’s next fight will be UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman’s first official title defense. As of this writing, there’s no official date or location for the bout yet.

While doing a recent interview with BJPenn.com, Covington took issue with Jones and the former UFC “Champ Champ” for not making more of an effort to give back to their communities. This comes after Covington recently paid a visit to the men and women in uniform aboard the USS New York:

“What’s [Jon Jones] doing for the f**ing people as a champion of the UFC? What’s he out there going to do? He ain’t doing shit man,” Covington said. “He ain’t fucking giving back. He’s doing all this fake s**t. ‘Oh, I’m going to donate to kids.’

“Oh yeah, is that another tax write off? Tell the people the real reason why you’re doing that. So, you can get tax exemptions for you, you motherf**ker. You’re not a real real champion like me. I’m spending my money as a UFC champion out of my pocket.

“I’m going up to fleet week in New York, I’m gonna go hang out with the Marines, hang out with the Navy for a full week, dedicate my time schedule, go bring them my UFC title, hang out with them, show my support.

“Show my appreciation for everything they do for affording the opportunities that we have, for serving our country. What the f**k has Jon Jones ever done for the people?”

Jones is set to make his next title defense against surging contender Thiago Santos in the main event of July 6’s UFC 239 pay-per-view (PPV). On the flip side, McGregor has not fought since his submission loss to undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229.

Covington continued by bringing up McGregor’s past issues with the law, which include smashing a phone of a fan and the infamous bus attack prior to UFC 223:

“What’s Conor McGregor done? Smash the f**ing fans phone, threw a dolly through a bus. No. None of these motherf**kers are like me,” Colby Covington concluded. “I’m different from everybody. All these motherf**kers, they want to copy me now.”

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UFC Fighters Who Need to Stop Talking Trash

Trash talk has long been a part of combat sports and the rise of Conor McGregor has given some MMA fighters the thought that they can replicate his success. They can’t. They don’t have…

Trash talk has long been a part of combat sports and the rise of Conor McGregor has given some MMA fighters the thought that they can replicate his success. They can’t. They don’t have…