Colby Covington is attempting to speak his approach right into a shot on the UFC middleweight championship.
At UFC 272, Covington lastly settled his longtime feud with former teammate Jorge Masvidal, successful a unanimous resolution and reinforcing his place because the second-best welterweight on this planet behind UFC champion Kamaru Usman. However with two losses to Usman, Covington is at the moment exterior of the 170-pound title image and so, following his win, “Chaos” known as for one more feud to be settled, this time in opposition to one-time UFC interim light-weight champion Dustin Poirier. Sadly for Covington, Poirier isn’t curious about that battle, and so the one-time UFC welterweight champion is having to set his sights somewhat increased, in the direction of UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.
“I feel I can positively go as much as 185 and battle Adesanya,” Covington instructed Submission Radio. “However I don’t know if he’s gonna flip round like that. However he doesn’t have a dance companion proper now. I imply, a few of the guys they’re attempting to line him up with, it’s unoriginal. Why can Usman battle him and all of the followers need that, however the man that beat Usman, – I beat Usman. I beat Usman twice. Usman sucks, dude. All people knew in Madison Sq. Backyard I received these final three rounds. It was a simple win for me, simple resolution victory. Unanimous. So, why can’t I battle Adesanya? He can’t cease my wrestling. I’ll decide him up and drop him on his f****** head. He’s a cardio kickboxer. They acquired sufficient cardio kickboxers in ladies’s courses across the U.S. I might go be part of a kind of as effectively however I made a decision to choose up onerous grueling American wrestling. I don’t assume Adesanya might cease my American wrestling, and I don’t assume he’s that good a fighter.”
Adesanya not too long ago defended his middleweight title in opposition to Robert Whittaker at UFC 271, taking dwelling a unanimous resolution win. Subsequent up for “The Final Stylebender” seems to be a matchup with MMA Fighting’s No. 4-ranked middleweight Jared Cannonier, who knocked out Derek Brunson on the identical battle card. Nonetheless, some have suggested that Adesanya would be better served by facing Covington next. For his half, Adesanya has to this point been cool to the thought of going through Covington till Covington at the very least wins one battle at middleweight, however Covington says not making a everlasting transfer up, he simply needs the one massive battle.
“I wish to give the followers the largest battle doable. I don’t minimize weight to go to 170, so I’m not gonna go as much as 185 and make it a full-time dwelling. However I’m ready for the massive fights to current themselves, and the 2 largest fights in my thoughts, go beat up Adesanya, the man who simply has cardio kickboxing, he’s not that good of a fighter, he’s not well-rounded, he can’t cease my American wrestling. I’ll soften that man. He’ll 100% soften below my stress and my tempo.
“Or battle Dustin, the man who stated it’s on sight. He needs to return as much as my weight class 170, he stated this and that, he’s alleged to be some pound-for-pound nice fighter. So, in the event you’re pound-for-pound nice, then come battle. What are you so frightened of, man?”
