Colby Covington made a lot of enemies following his appearance at Thursday’s UFC 296 press conference in Las Vegas.
That’s nothing new for the outspoken welterweight title challenger, but even Colby Covington’s most staunch supporters can agree that ‘Chaos’ took things too far when he made an unnecessarily vile comment about Leon Edwards’ father who passed away when he was only 13 years old.
Everyone from Jon Jones, Jamahal Hill, and Sean Strickland lambasted Covington over his verbal low blow, but according to Covington, he was simply playing a role. At least, that’s what he tried to convey during an intense face-off with Edwards at the ceremonial weigh-ins 24 hours before his highly anticipated title tilt with Edwards.
Stepping in front of one another, ‘Rocky’ was still clearly upset and looked ready to throw hands right then and there. It was then that Covington could be heard saying, “I was in character.” He repeated the statement once more before Edwards would back away. The most recent episode of UFC 296 Embedded confirmed Covington’s comment at the 7:50 mark of the below video.
not the First Time Colby Covington’s Words Have Gotten him in trouble
Colby Covington fans will often regale…
