Colby Covington says he would love to slap Sean Strickland around.
If you haven’t noticed, Colby Covington has a fight this weekend and has been in the news more frequently. “Chaos” is set to fight the for the welterweight belt this Saturday at UFC 296 at the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas. This would be Colby’s third shot at the belt since winning the interim belt back in 2018. He was stripped due to being injured and not being able to fight then champion, Tyron Woodley. Meanwhile, this would be Leon Edwards second defence of his title after successfully defending it in his trilogy bout against Kamaru Usman. You might remember Edwards getting the belt with his impressive come-from-behind comeback win by head kick.
Colby Covington vs. Sean Strickland: A UFC Super Fight in The Making?
Both man have been talking about moving up a weight class if they win. Both expressed the desire to fight Sean Strickland who is the current middleweight champion. Strickland became the champion after defeating Israel Adesanya in a impressive 5 round showing. “Tarzan” is set to defend his belt at UFC 297 against Dricus Du Plessis. That bout will happen in Toronto, Canada as the first pay per view event of 2024.
Ahead of his championship bout versys Edwards, Colby Covington was talking to CODE Sports and got asked about his thoughts on Sean Strickland.
“He’s pretending to be everything he wishes I was,” Covington said. “I’d love to slap Sean Strickland around. He’s just a pathetic excuse of a human being, the guy has literally no fricking IQ. The guy’s so f****** stupid. The things he says, he needs to get his mouth wired shut and I’m the guy to do it. The UFC knows I’m the one that can end these guys that hate the company and they hate the world, so I would love to fight Sean Strickland.”
Colby Covington Versus Other UFC Middleweights
Both Colby and Sean have developed a reputation. The two fighters are known for speaking their mind in and out of the cage. Which has occasionally ruffled some feathers of fans and fighters. However you see this playing out, the mic battle between them would be chaotic. Nevertheless, there is a lot of worthy middleweight contenders in line to fight for the belt. Depending how the middleweight championship goes, it is unclear if Edwards or Covington would jump the queue to fight for that belt.
During the interview with “Chaos”, Robert Whitaker name was mentioned as a potential fight. A proposed contender fight before fighting for the belt and covington made it clear he would only fight the champ.
“No, that ship has sailed,” Covington said. “Robert, he lost the title and then he got beat in a contender fight so he’s just not relevant anymore, he doesn’t make sense for me. I’m the top of the division, I’m about to be welterweight champion of the world, so I only want the biggest and best fights the UFC has to offer and I know they wouldn’t even waste my time and waste their time to try and put that fight together.
“This is a business and they want to make money, so it’s all about making the biggest and best fights for the fans and for the UFC. Whatever the UFC says, they know I’m a yes man, I’m a company man, whatever they say, Colby Covington will agree on.”
You can catch the welterweight championship this weekend at the stacked UFC 296 card.
Quotes taken from MMA Fighting
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