Colby Covington can get on anyone’s nerves, and that includes UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards.
Covington secured his title shot against Edwards at UFC 296 in December 2023. Covington, known for pushing boundaries with his trash talk, insulted Edwards’ late father in his pre-fight press conference.
Edwards was clearly affected by this comment, but managed to keep his cool to deliver a lopsided blow against Covington en route to a unanimous decision victory. “Rocky” revealed immediately after the press conference that he looked for Covington backstage to slap him. However, the Americans were nowhere to be found, and may have been escorted out by security personnel.
“Yeah [I looked for him backstage]”…But they moved him. I don’t know where he went, but he wasn’t backstage at all,” Edwards said on “The MMA Hour.” “I feel like the security guard took him away and I don’t know where they put him, but he was somewhere…I was going to slap him. I don’t think he’s the guy. The way he talks and the way he says it, he should be able to really back that up inside and outside the cage. I don’t think he’s the guy to me, he’s a scumbag.”
Despite barely surviving five rounds against Edwards, Covington strangely raised his hands after the final bell. After the verdict was announced, Covington, a self-confessed supporter of Donald Trump, blamed his loss on the judge’s political bias.
Edwards pointed out that Covington has a habit of blaming all of his losses on external factors. Edwards, who is scheduled to defend his welterweight title against Belal Muhammad at UFC 304 in Manchester on July 27, expects his next opponent to come up with excuses similar to Covington’s if he loses. ing.
“Colby is Colby, right? Every time he loses, I think it’s someone else’s fault. When he gets knocked out. [Kamaru] Usman, it was Mark Goddard… It’s always someone else’s fault, he had nothing to do with it… Obviously you lost. I don’t know what Trump has to do with it, or what anyone has to do with it. If you lose a battle, that’s it, learn from it and move on. with some reason [Covington] They make excuses for their losses and act like they’re better than they really are, when they really aren’t. I think it’s Belal [Muhammad] It would be two similar strange people. ”
