Colby Covington didn’t watch UFC 304, but that didn’t stop the three-time welterweight title-fight loser from publicly sharing his uneducated opinion on the main event between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad.
Muhammad became the undisputed 170-pound champion this past weekend after defeating Edwards by unanimous decision with an impressive performance at Co-op Live in Manchester, England. In an interview with Submission Radio, Covington said he wasn’t surprised by the result because he didn’t think Edwards (22-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC) entered UFC 304 with anything to prove after Edwards beat him this past December to retain his title.
“Not really, just because I know that Leon made so much money in the last fight with me, that I don’t think he’s hungry anymore,” Covington said. “I think he’s lost his motivation. He has nothing more to fight for. What is he fighting for? He’s already achieved everything that he’s set out to do. He’s reached the top of the mountain. He’s not the type of guy that’s gonna get knocked down, get back up and fight harder. He’s a quitter. He’s shown it in the past, and you can tell he just doesn’t have that hunger anymore.
“I don’t know what happened in the fight or how the fight went, but I could just tell you that I knew Leon wasn’t gonna be motivated. I think that’s the last we saw of him. Now Leon can go back to the prelims where he belongs.”
Although Covington (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) never has fought Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC), they do have a history of exchanging trash talk. So even though Muhammad achieved two things this past weekend that Covington hasn’t by beating Edwards and claiming the undisputed UFC welterweight title, Covington’s assessment of the new champion was what you’d expect.
“The guy’s a f*cking p*ssy,” Covington said. “The only time that (Belal Muhammad) wanted to fight me was when I already had a title fight signed, sealed and delivered. That’s the only time he’s wanted to fight me, otherwise he’s never said my name because he’s a little b*tch. He knows what I would do to him. If I cross paths with him, he won’t be champion anymore. He won’t be a man anymore. I will take his man card. … I’d love to fight him. I hope that fight happens. I’ll do whatever it takes to get to that.”
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