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Outspoken UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington has shared his initial reaction to the recent Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns fight.
Usman, the UFC welterweight champion, fought Burns, the No. 1-ranked welterweight contender in the main event of UFC 258 on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Usman was dropped early in the fight, but ultimately rallied for a third-round TKO win to defend his title.
Speaking to
Submission Radio, Covington shared his thoughts on Usman’s victory over Burns, and as you probably expected, he’s not impressed.
“I think that looks like a guy really primed to get knocked out his next fight, and I want to be the one to deliver it,” Covington said. “He looks a little chinny. Dilbert, he’s an oversized m dget, man, he’s a 155-er getting knocked out by 155-ers. The guy’s nothing, and that guy came out and dropped you and almost finished you in the first round? You got lucky to get out of that that he fell on his back and just sat there for five m
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On Saturday evening at UFC 258, Kamaru Usman overcame some early trouble to finish top-ranked contender Gilbert Burns and retain his welterweight title. It was a performance most regarded as stellar from the 170-pound champion, showcasing his ability to overcome adversity and his championship spirit. But for rival Colby Covington, all it showed was weakness.
“I think that looks like a guy really primed to get knocked out his next fight, and I want to be the one to deliver it,” Covington told
Submission Radio. “He looks a little chinny. Dilbert, he’s an oversized m dget, man, he’s a 155-er getting knocked out by 155-ers. The guy’s nothing, and that guy came out and dropped you and almost finished you in the first round? You got lucky to get out of that that he fell on his back and just sat there for five minutes and let you recover. Besides that, I didn’t see anything special. I see a guy that�
Veteran mixed martial arts referee Marc Goddard has a message for fans who berate fighters when they’re riding tough losses.
Goddard took to Twitter to share this message over the weekend, seemingly in response to Conor McGregor’s shocking, second-round TKO loss to Dustin Poirier.
I know that for the most part I’m throwing this out there to an uncaring social media abyss but don’t mock or berate fallen fighters. To the cold & cynical souls who know not a single ounce of what it takes please, don’t do that.
“I know that for the most part I’m throwing this out there to an uncaring social media abyss but don’t mock or berate fallen fighters,” Goddard wrote. “To the cold and cynical souls who know not a single ounce of what it takes please, don’t do that.”