Colby Covington kritiserar den tidigare lagkamraten Jorge Masvidals val att möta Nate Diaz och undrar varför Masvidal endast “letar efter lätta matcher”.

Nu till helgen kommer Colby Covington att ta sig an den tidigare mästaren i weltervikt, Tyron Woodley. Inför mötet har Woodley bland annat tränat med Covingtons tidigare lagkamrat, Jorge Masvidal, som nu Covington kritiserar för att endast vilja ha “lätta matcher”.

Vill ha en titelmatch

Det var under en intervju med “MMA Junkie” tidigare i veckan som Covington berättade att han vid en vinst över Woodley i helgen vill ha en returmatch mot Kamaru Usman om welterviktstiteln. Han kan även tänka sig en match mot Masvidal.

After I finish Woodley on Saturday night, I’m definitely going to look for one of two fights. I either want my rematch with ‘Marty Fakenewsman,’ and I’ll look to save the day if someone backs out of that fight and fight for the welterweight title, or I want my grudge match with ‘Street Judas’ Masvidal.

Kritiserar Masvidal

Covington fick sedan en fråga om han kan tänka sig en match mot Masvidal. Covington kritiserade då Masvidal för att endast vilja ha lätta matcher och att Masvidal endast pratar om motståndare när han har sina coacher att stå bakom.

He’s talking a big game. I can’t believe the media’s not holding him accountable for all the words he said. He talked all this shit, and you know at American Top Team, you talk all this shit behind coaches, where he knows he’s being held back. He said all these things in the media. Where’s he at now? He’s running scared looking for fights with soy boy Nate Diaz, who’s way past his time and shouldn’t even be fighting anymore. The guy’s got CTE. The guy should not even be fighting anymore. Why is he looking for the easiest fights? Why is he not looking to fight the top contender in the division, a guy that he used to live with, that used to beat the shit out of him every day. He talked all that shit with his mouth. Why is he not walking the walk? Why is he nowhere to be heard of? He wrote all these checks with his mouth, but his ass ain’t ready to cash them. He knows he ain’t walking that walk. He talked all that big game, but now he’s nowhere to be seen because he knows daddy’s home.

Nytt team

Covington gjorde nyligen en förändring i och med att han bytte från “American Top Team” till ett nytt team med coacher, byggt kring honom själv. Enligt Covington har det varit en smidig justering och han känner sig nu bättre än någonsin tidigare.

It’s been the best transition I’ve ever made. I’ve made the most leaps and bounds that I’ve ever made in my career because now I’ve got genuine coaches that truly care about me. I’m just being more strategic in my approach. In the past, I was reckless abandon with my cardio. I just wanted to go forward and put a high pace on guys. Now I’m being very smart and diligent in the way I approach my fight and how I approach guys in training, and just keeping my hands up has been the biggest thing. Being cocky before, keeping my hands down, taking unanswered shots that I didn’t need to take when I’m keeping my hands up. My angles. My timing. That’s the biggest thing I’ve worked on is just my timing. It’s completely different. It’s impeccable, and Saturday night, I’m going to put Tyron Woodley’s lights out.

Den bästa versionen av Woodley

Covington valde även att hylla Woodley då han nämnde att han tror att det blir den bästa versionen någonsin av Woodley som kliver in i oktagonen på lördag.

I’ve got to move on, and I’ve got to keep proving to the UFC, proving to fans, proving to the world that I’m the best welterweight in the world. That just means ‘next guy up,’ so Tyron Woodley, he’s a legend in the game. He’s a former champion. So I can add a former champion to my resume. I’ve already beaten multiple former champions, but here’s another one I can add to my resume. I do think we’ll see the best Tyron Woodley we’ve ever seen in his career, and that will just make it more impressive when I finish him. That will show how good I am and that I’m ready to get my belt back. I think he’s hungry, and he wants this. I definitely expect to see the best Tyron Woodley, but it’s still not going to be enough because I’m the best welterweight in the world.

Covington och Woodley kommer att ställas mot varandra i huvudmatchen på helgens UFC Vegas 11 som äger rum i Las Vegas, USA.