Colby Covington News
Colby Covington blasts former champion Jon Jones on social media
Chris Taylor - September 29, 2018
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was recently handed out a fifteen-month suspension from USADA. That punishment stemmed from Jon Jones failed drug test at UFC 214.
Colby Covington reacts to 'brittle b***h' Tyron Woodley's surgery news
Tom Taylor - September 24, 2018
Earlier this month, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley said that he would happily accept a fight with interim champion Colby Covington at UFC 230 this November 3 — so long as he was cleared by doctors. Unfortunately, we then learned that Tyron Woodley’s thumb is in pretty bad shape, and that he will need surgery as a result, which effectively rules out a fight with Colby Covington at UFC 230.
Tyron Woodley will accept UFC 230 fight with Colby Covington if he's cleared by doctors
Tom Taylor - September 19, 2018
Ever since UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley defended his title with a second-round submission Darren Till on September 8, former interim champion Colby Covington has been calling him out for a title fight at UFC 230 on November 3. Apparently, Tyron Woodley is happy to accept Colby Covington’s challenge, so long as doctors give him the all-clear first.
EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington doubtful UFC gives Tyron Woodley UFC 230 main event spot "cause they hate him"
Tom Taylor - September 18, 2018
Having dispatched Darren Till with a D’arce choke at UFC 228 earlier this month, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley can now look forward to a huge showdown with his arch rival Colby Covington. Although this Tyron Woodley vs. Colby Covington fight is not official yet, it is possible that the UFC schedules it for the main event of UFC 230, a massive card that goes down on November 3 inside New York City’s hallowed Madison Square Garden.
EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington feels Conor McGregor is too "coked up" to do UFC 229 promotion
Tom Taylor - September 16, 2018
In the main event of UFC 229, which goes down on October 6 in Las Vegas, Nevada, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor will make his long-awaited return to the cage opposite reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. The fight is inarguably the biggest of the year for the UFC, and one of the biggest in the promotion’s history outright. For some reason, however, the fight has been grossly under-promoted. It’s now just three weeks away, and we’re still waiting on the first official press conference. Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington believes he knows why that is. On the one hand, he understands why McGregor is unwilling to travel across the Atlantic to participate in a distracting media circus. He is, after all, gearing up for one of the toughest fights of his career. Yet Covington also thinks McGregor’s partying might also be deflating his will to promote the fight.
EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington is not impressed by Tyron Woodley's rap career
Tom Taylor - September 16, 2018
Shortly after UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley defended his title with a second-round submission of Darren Till at UFC 228, he announced that he would be releasing a rap single. Colby Covington, the former interim champion and Woodley’s arch rival in the welterweight division, was not impressed by this announcement. Colby Covington trashed Woodley’s rap career on the latest episode of BJPENN.COM Radio.
EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington open to boxing match with 'little bum' Nick Diaz
Drake Riggs - September 13, 2018
Two of the MMA world’s biggest personalities reside in the welterweight division and it was only a matter of time until they got on each other’s minds.
BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 96 // Colby Covington
Jason Kindschy - September 13, 2018
BJPENN.COM Radio is back, Penn Nation!
Colby Covington expects his fight with Tyron Woodley to be bigger than Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor
Tom Taylor - September 11, 2018
The next shot at dominant UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is expected to go to former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington. In addition to being a fantastic matchup from a stylistic standpoint, this is a fight that is rife with drama, as Covington has hit Woodley with a near ceaseless stream of trash talk over the last year, and Woodley has not been afraid to fire back.
Colby Covington trashes Darren Till for "neglecting" family, landing "zero significant strikes" at UFC 228
Tom Taylor - September 11, 2018
Darren Till’s UFC 228 welterweight title shot did not go as he planned, as he was out-fought and ultimately submitted by the champion Tyron Woodley. Colby Covington, who is expected to get the next crack at Woodley, has not hidden his opinions about Till and Woodley since then. Speaking on The Luke Thomas Show on Monday, Colby Covington trashed Till for his failed title shot. He also went after Till for some pre-fight comments he made, in which he discussed his singular focus ahead of his fight with Woodley, suggesting that it was more important to him than even his family.
Colby Covington blasts Tyron Woodley again, vows to crush him at UFC 230
Thomas Taylor - September 9, 2018
Shortly after Tyron Woodley defended the UFC welterweight title with a second-round submission of Darren Till at UFC 228, he was called out by former interim champion Colby Covington. In this callout, Covington called for a fight with Woodley at UFC 230.
Tyron Woodley doesn't think Colby Covington deserves title shot, but will accept fight if offered
Tom Taylor - September 9, 2018
On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 228 in Dallas, Texas, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley defended his title for the fourth time with a second-round submission of the formerly undefeated Darren Till. With Till taken care of, Tyron Woodley can now look ahead to his next challenge. When it comes to possible opponents for his next fight, there is one clear frontrunner: Colby “Chaos” Covington.
Dana White confirms that the winner of tonight's Woodley vs. Till fight will face Colby Covington next
Chris Taylor - September 8, 2018
Perennial UFC welterweight contender Kamaru Usman may have served as the backup for tonight’s UFC 228 welterweight title fight, but it will be Colby Covington who gets to fight the winner of Darren Till vs. Tyron Woodley. The current UFC interim welterweight title holder, Colby Covington (14-1 MMA), will apparently be stripped of his title the moment the first strike is thrown in tonight’s UFC 228 main event.
Jon Jones returns fire at "extraordinary liar" Colby Covington
Tom Taylor - September 7, 2018
UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington — who will quietly be stripped of his title when Tyron Woodley and Darren Till battle for the welterweight title at UFC 228 this weekend — has had plenty to say about his former college roommate Jon Jones in the recent past. Speaking in a recent interview with RTSport, Jon Jones had the chance to launch some return fire. Jon Jones’ main gripe with Colby Covington, he says, is the way he bends the truth. In that way, Jones feels Covington is quite similar to Chael Sonnen.
Michael Bisping reacts to Colby Covington's White House visit
Tom Taylor - August 17, 2018
Earlier this summer, UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington made good on a longstanding promise and visited President Donald Trump at the Whitehouse. It was a feel good moment for the American welterweight, and one that many members of the MMA community doubted he’d pull off. Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping was among the doubters of Colby Covington’s White House plans. As such, Covington was happy to rub it in the Brit’s face once the visit to the Oval Office had been made.
Kamaru Usman has "malicious intent to hurt" Colby Covington
Tom Taylor - August 15, 2018
Kamaru Usman has been angling for a fight with Colby Covington for some time. Unfortunately for him, the fight has not yet come to fruition. Speaking on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, Usman explained that, with UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley occupied with a UFC 228 title fight with Darren Till, he was hoping he might finally get to fight Covington on November 30.
EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington makes prediction for UFC 228 PPV sales
Tom Taylor - August 14, 2018
UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will attempt his next title defense in the main event of UFC 228 on September 8, when he takes on undefeated British striker Darren Till. Originally, of course, it was expected that Woodley’s next title defense would pit him against current interim welterweight champion Colby Covington. Yet the UFC wanted to book the fight for UFC 228, and when Covington wasn’t able to accept that date, the promotion gave the shot to Till. Colby Covington believes that was a serious error on the UFC’s part. By his estimation, UFC 228 is doomed to be a pay-per-view disaster.
EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington interested in fighting "little f***ing b***h" Georges St-Pierre in Toronto
Tom Taylor - August 13, 2018
Despite the fact that he recently captured the UFC interim welterweight title, Colby Covington will not get the next crack at undisputed welterweight champ Tyron Woodley. Instead, that opportunity will go to Darren Till. The pair meet at UFC 228 on September 8. While Covington is keen to fight the Woodley-Till winner as soon as possible, he’d also be interested in taking another fight in the meantime — such as a showdown with former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre, who has recently been linked to a potential return at UFC 231 in Toronto in December.