Colby Covington claims he’s been permanently banned from Palms Casino Resort after his skirmish with UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, manager Ali Abdelaziz and others on Sunday in Las Vegas.

Covington (14-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC), who has been named the next challenger to the 170-pound title after Usman (15-1 MMA, 10-0 UFC) dominated Tyron Woodley to claim the strap on Saturday, said he was minding his own business in the buffet line when he was blindsided by the group.

“I was staying over at the dump, the Palms and I’m waiting in the buffet line,” Covington told “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show” on ESPN. “I’m just trying to get some crab legs. Can’t the man get some crab legs? Can the man, the champ, get some crab legs in peace? All of a sudden low-energy Marty comes, that terrorist rat Ali comes and some other Sasquatch and they start pushing and swinging and start putting innocent kids’ lives in danger and a pregnant lady.

“There’s a pregnant lady, and she’s screaming, ‘I’m pregnant, stop this!’ Ali is still pushing, trying to make a scene. Usman is still trying to scream at me, ‘I’m going to get you!’ And his Sasquatch is trying to throw punches at my friend and trying to punch me. It’s a complete joke. I can’t believe that they allow that in Vegas and just a bunch of filthy animals.”

The incident took place one day after UFC 235, which went down Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. TMZ was first to release the footage, as a bystander recorded the near-brawl on a cell phone. From all indications, Covington was not the one to provoke the situation, yet he claims to have paid the biggest price.

“They banned me from the Palms property for doing absolutely nothing,” Covington said. “Just sitting there saying, ‘Hey man, we’re professionals. I’m going to beat your ass in the cage man.’ I’m not going to press charges because the real (expletive) punishment for you is that beating you’re going to get when we’re in that octagon. I don’t want your ass deported back to Nigeria.”

From all appearances, Usman kept a rather cool head throughout the encounter. His manager Abdelaziz, though, is seen throwing at least one fully extended punch in Covington’s direction. Abdelaziz allegedly didn’t stop there, however, because Covington claims his life was threatened.

“That terrorist rat should get deported back to whatever country he snitched on,” Covington said. “He shouldn’t even be allowed in this country for all the (expletive) he does. He’s over there trying to take swings at professional fighters. You know what else he told me? He told me he was going to track me down and shoot me and kill me. He said that to me. I swear to God on my life. I have witnesses that heard him say that.

“Ali tried to swing at me, but I’ve got cat-like reflexes, so obviously he’s not going to hit me. He’s slow as a (expletive) turtle. I heard that no one got in trouble. I heard that the Fertittas own the Palms, so I think they gave that terrorist rat a pass and they didn’t want to hurt Marty Usman’s chance of deporting him back to Nigeria before he get his ass-whooping from me.”

Abdelaziz did not immediately reply to a request for comment by MMAjunkie.

Covington is no stranger to being a target, so he said he takes the latest occurrence in stride. His focus is locked in on booking a date with Usman so he can finally capture the undisputed UFC welterweight title. The newly crowned champion said he has some injuries to heal before stepping back in the octagon, but Covington said he has no reason to believe they are serious – or even real at all – and hopes to fight in June or July.

“It’s pretty funny he was claiming to have some broken foot,” Covington said. “He looked all fine and mighty yesterday jumping rails, trying to get in my face. Some more fake news from him trying to say he was all hurt with his foot and had a hernia. He looked mighty fine trying to fight me in the buffet line at the Palms yesterday.

“Marty tries to be this dad figure and this nice guy and this babyface, but why would you go put innocent people – and children more importantly – their lives in danger? It’s piss poor, and he’s a fake fraud.”

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