Sean Strickland went in on UFC 296 headliner Colby Covington after the two-time title challenger made an particularly horrendous remark about Leon Edward’s deceased father.
48 hours forward of his long-awaited return to the Octagon, Covington stepped on stage and delivered a barrage of insults aimed on the reigning welterweight world champion. Most of it was harmless sufficient, however ‘Chaos’ took issues one big leap too far when he made an ill-advised crack about Edward’s father who handed away when the defending champ was solely 13 years outdated.
The comment earned a heated response from Edwards who chucked a water bottle at Covington earlier than being restrained by on-site safety.
Sean Strickland Unloads on Colby Covington
A number of members of the MMA neighborhood slammed Covington’s vile remark, together with Jamahal Hill, Belal Muhammad, Marvin Vettori, and Megan Anderson. Unsurprisingly, the most scathing response to Covington’s verbal low blow got here from present middleweight king Sean Strickland, who held completely nothing again throughout a press occasion on Friday.
“Colby is an utter piece of sh*t. If you recognize Colby on a private degree, he f*cked over all people he f*cking is aware of and I take Colby as a private insult to me as a result of Trumpsters, the republican, you guys are my f*cking folks,” Strickland mentioned. “The blue-collar staff. You guys are my f*cking folks and you’ve got a c*nt like Colby taking on the banner and he don’t give a f*ck about you and him making enjoyable of Leon’s dad, that’s the greatest f*cking c*nt transfer you are able to do.
“Unhealthy man, good man, doesn’t f*cking matter. He raised a boy to be a f*cking man. To win a title. To be an excellent man and an actual f*cking American would applaud him for that. They wouldn’t tear him down for that. So simply so you recognize, Colby is a faux f*cking p*ssy and if he was standing right here proper subsequent to me, the one f*cking factor he would do is name 911 as a result of he’s the definition of a f*cking b*tch.
Colby Covington hopes that the third time would be the appeal at UFC 296 as he steps contained in the Octagon for yet one more welterweight title alternative. ‘Chaos’ got here up brief in two makes an attempt to say gold towards former champion Kamaru Usman. His solely two victories over the past 4 years have come towards Tyron Woodley and Jorge Masvidal, two fighters who’ve since retired from the game altogether.
Sean Strickland might be again in motion at UFC 297 in January to defend his middleweight title for the primary time. 4 months faraway from his stunning unanimous resolution victory over Israel Adesanya, ‘Tarzan’ will sq. off with South African standout and No. 2 ranked contender Dricus Du Plessis.
