Colby Covington may be very disenchanted with the UFC Freedom 250 card.
Covington, a longtime supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has been hoping to compete for the White Home, even competing with Paddy Pimblett and Beau Niccal. Nonetheless, the UFC refused to permit him to look on the June 14 card.
The promotion introduced the UFC Freedom 250 bout over the weekend, however many within the MMA neighborhood will not be proud of the bout, together with Covington. Not solely is “Chaos” sad together with his exclusion, he additionally criticized the standard of the match the promotion has scheduled for June 14th on the South Garden of the White Home.
In a current interview with MMA Junkie, he opined that the White Home card is “a horrible, complicated mess as a result of it is not related to the promotion anymore.”
“It is horrible at finest. The followers are unanimous in saying they hate it. It is a horrible card. They promised six or seven title fights, and now they’ve one title battle and an interim title battle, they usually simply put it collectively on the final minute. Issues had been so disjointed. They put it collectively on the final minute. There wasn’t a single top-ranked American fighter. Who will signify America on America’s 250th birthday? They do not appear to care anymore. They have Paramount and the cash, they usually’re simply completely happy.”
In the identical interview, he added that Hunter Campbell made it clear that Covington ought to battle the winner of the UFC Winnipeg headliner.
“Hunter has made it very clear that he desires to battle the winner of (Mike) Malott vs. (Gilbert) Burns.”
Take a look at Colby Covington’s feedback beneath.
Bo Niccal believes Colby Covington turned down an opportunity to battle on the White Home
UFC middleweight Beau Nickal fought Colby Covington on the White Home and needed Covington to pay for what he mentioned about Nickal in the course of the Royal Air Pressure 05 press convention.
Nickal, who’s at present a part of the UFC Freedom 250 lineup, will face Kyle Daukaus (17-4).
In a current interview with Ariel Helwani, Nikkal claimed that matchmakers approached Covington to battle him on the White Home, however “Chaos” balked. he mentioned:
“(UFC) informed him, ‘If you wish to be on this card, you must battle Beau.’ And he mentioned no. I would somewhat he be a coward and never battle me than be on the White Home card, which is a once-in-a-lifetime alternative. Everyone knows it is principally like main a lamb to the slaughter… In a approach, it is comprehensible, since you’re actually on the market simply to get killed.” (h/t: Ariel Helwani)
This is what Bo Nickal needed to say about Colby Covington.
