Joaquin Buckley doesn’t admire Chael Sonnen attempting to downplay his win over Colby Covington in December.
Closing out the UFC’s 12 months in sunny Tampa, Florida, ‘New Mansa’ delivered a dominant efficiency in opposition to the previous three-time title challenger, incomes a physician’s stoppage TKO within the third spherical of their welterweight headliner.
Sonnen, who was in Covington’s nook that new, in the end threw within the towel after Covington sustained a nasty lower over his proper eyelid. However regardless of watching his fighter get bloodied and battered for practically three full rounds, ‘The American Gangster’ did his finest to console Covington backstage.
In a video clip, which you’ll be able to see beneath, Sonnen went via a listing of issues ‘Chaos’ did properly and urged that the outspoken Trump supporter was starting to “flip the tide” earlier than the stoppage got here.
For sure, Buckley didn’t admire Sonnen attempting to discredit the largest win of his profession.
“It’s massive Cap from Chael, ,” Buckley stated of Sonnen’s post-fight feedback throughout an interview with Parry Punch. “Generally you gonna say no matter you bought to say as a way to, , shield Colby. However, , folks noticed it. You understand what I imply? Folks—folks noticed the combat. They’ll already see that I used to be not slowing down. I used to be really selecting up the tempo.”
Joaquin Buckley needs to headline UFC Kansas Metropolis with Kamaru Usman
Following his win over Covington, Buckley referred to as for a conflict with former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. ‘New Mansa’ echoed that very same sentiment in a while in his interview with Parry Punch, suggesting the 2 may headline the promotion’s return to Kansas Metropolis on April 26.
Sadly for Buckley, Usman doesn’t sound too taken with preventing the rising contender. At the very least, not but.
