Colby Covington weighed in and officially made championship weight during the UFC 286 weigh-ins as a backup for the main event between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman. He sat cage side and watch Edwards successfully defend his welterweight title.
During the event’s post-fight press conference, UFC president Dana White confirmed that Covington will get the next title shot. Covington was asked about the UFC 286 main event and considers both Usman and Edwards to be ‘cheaters.’ Covington has lost twice to Usman.
“What I thought about the main event is, damn man, I thought Marty Fakenewsman was a cheater. Man, Leon Scott’s the biggest cheater I’ve ever seen,” Covington told Submission Radio.
“The guy talks about ‘headshot, dead’. Dude should be talking about, cage grab, nut grab, nut kick, short grab, this grab. I mean, the guy did everything you could possibly do to cheat in the fight. I mean, he made Marty Fakenewsman look like a choirboy out there. The guy’s just a f**king cheater. He’s a piece of sh*t, and I didn’t make much of the fight,” continued Covington. “Honestly, Marty looked like a shell of his former self. I don’t know if it was the two fights that he had with me and the brutal beatings…
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