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Unusual as it might be to say, the most important winner of UFC 286 may simply be Colby Covington.
Since allegedly getting sucker punched by former foe Jorge Masvidal, Covington has been uncharacteristically quiet on the sidelines for a few yr. Then, out of nowhere, he exhibits up at UFC 286, makes a major splash by weighing in as the main event back up, and his outdated rival Kamaru Usman doesn’t win again the belt. Leon Edwards is the confirmed champion, and instantly after his win, UFC President Dana White publicizes “Chaos” will get the following title shot.
Quite a few fighters have spoken up towards this resolution, together with the present champion. Nonetheless, no one appears to be fairly as irritated as Belal Muhammad, winner of eight of his final 9 fights and debatably the best win streak at 170 lbs. He’s been constantly unloading on Covington ever for the reason that announcement, and in a single since deleted tweet, he introduced up Covington’s ethnicity because the reasoning behind his title shot.
“He’s white,” Muhammad defined merely.
Belal simply screwed himself. It is a horrible tweet. Like terrible. Might you think about if a white man tweeted one thing like this about every other race??? This won’t assist your case to get a title shot. He’s positively going to must struggle Shavkat now. He did himself no favors. pic.twitter.com/i9LdQmW4Qb
— UNEDiTED (@UNEDiTEDpod) March 20, 2023
It hasn’t taken Covington lengthy to reply. Talking with James Lynch, Covington tore into Muhammad, declaring him “racist” and “disgusting.”
“I’m not going to select some child up that’s on the underside of the prelims. You bought to earn your means up right here and that man is racist, man,” Covington stated (by way of Cole Shelton). “He was saying the one purpose that occurred is as a result of I’m white. How is that not racist? That’s disgusting. That’s despicable, that’s f—king disgusting, man. I might by no means say that and use somebody’s shade of their pores and skin by that’s why they received that accomplished. Disgusting, man. He ought to actually be fined and kicked out of the UFC.”
When requested what the state of affairs could be like if the roles have been reversed, Covington continued, “Oh my gosh, actually, I can’t even think about. All the pieces I labored my whole life for could be sunken, my ship could be sunken. That will be the top of Colby ‘Chaos’ Covington. However, I might by no means say one thing so silly as a result of it has nothing to do with that ever. I don’t care what shade pores and skin you might be, man, I have a look at the integrity inside your coronary heart and the particular person that you’re. I have a look at different issues, how sensible you might be. It’s simply disgusting, man.”
Insomnia
RIP One Championship Light-weight Iuri Lapicus.
Lapicus was concerned in a motorcycle incident three days in the past. In accordance with the article, he misplaced management of his car by himself and hit the automobile of a 69-year-old girl. He was transported to the hospital by helicopter, went right into a coma and by no means recovered.https://t.co/scrRiukKdu
— Tudor Leonte (@MrTudorLeonte) March 20, 2023
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