Dustin Poirier has no time for Colby Covington.
Since Covington turned his again on his outdated gymnasium, American High Workforce (ATT), he is made enemies with seemingly each fighter he used to coach with. When it comes to venom spat in direction of these outdated buddies, Poirier has obtained lots over time.
Whereas Covington loves the concept of a struggle at Welterweight with the one-time interim Light-weight champion, Poirier would not even wish to look in Covington’s route. Nonetheless, they’d an impromptu encounter not too long ago that won’t have gone as “Chaos” claims it did, in line with Poirier.
“I crossed paths with him about three months in the past at NYY Steakhouse in Coconut Creek on line casino,” Covington instructed Submission Radio. “I checked out him eye-to-eye and I mentioned, ‘What’s up, b*tch? It is on-site? Say one thing. Do one thing,’ and he simply walked out of the restaurant as a result of he is aware of [what would happen].”
“The dude is such a liar,” Poirier instructed MMA Junkie. “I am not even gonna give him the air time. It is a lie.
“We bumped into one another, yeah, that is true,” he continued. “The way in which he mentioned it went down, is totally not true. He desires you to speak about him.”
Each Poirier and Covington fought for titles of their final fights at Light-weight and Welterweight. Sadly for them, they misplaced. Poirier by way of fifth spherical brabo choke in opposition to Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 in June 2024 (watch highlights) and Covington by way of unanimous resolution in opposition to Leon Edwards at UFC 296 in Decmeber 2023.
Covington, 36, claims he is been recovering for the reason that struggle after he broke his foot within the first change of his bout with Edwards. A match up in opposition to Ian Machado Garry seemed prefer it was going to get organized, however it never materialized.
