UFC veteran Colby Covington has responded to Dana White questioning whether or not or not he needs to be a part of the UFC welterweight prime 15 rankings.
As we all know, Colby Covington is a reasonably controversial determine. Whereas he’s had success in blended martial arts, to the purpose the place he even captured the UFC interim welterweight championship a few years in the past, he hasn’t fairly been in a position to win the large one – regardless of being given a number of alternatives to take action in opposition to Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards.
Following on from his newest defeat to Joaquin Buckley, Colby Covington has been caught on a shedding streak with no clear path ahead. He tends to get by on his identify worth and star energy loads, and he’s in all probability going to be a part of the UFC White Home card in some capability, however that doesn’t robotically imply that he’s nonetheless a giant participant at 170 kilos.
After Dana White not too long ago contemplated whether or not or not Colby Covington ought to characteristic within the prime 15 attributable to his inactivity, ‘Chaos’ opted to reply after defeating Luke Rockhold at RAF 05.
Colby Covington responds to Dana White’s rankings view
“It actually doesn’t matter what Dana White thinks of me,” Covington mentioned on the RAF 5 post-fight press convention. “I’m a world champion. I’m Donald Trump’s favourite fighter. I’m America’s champion. I’m the king of Miami. You’ll be able to by no means take these titles away from me.
“Take me out of the rankings, no matter. I’m nonetheless the largest draw at welterweight. It makes no distinction what quantity is subsequent to my identify. I do know what I’m able to, and I do know I’m nonetheless the perfect fighter and wrestler on planet Earth.”
Quotes through MMA Fighting
Covington nonetheless has some gasoline left within the tank, however he must get again in there sooner moderately than later.
