Colby Covington says don’t be like Michael Chiesa.
Chiesa and ‘Chaos’ have by no means crossed paths contained in the Octagon, although that’s not for an absence of making an attempt on Chiesa’s half. Following his win over Tony Ferguson final 12 months, ‘Maverick’ known as for a conflict with Covington to seek out out who the perfect welterweight hailing from the Pacific Northwest actually is.
“I imply, I hate to beat a useless horse man, I would like the identical man I requested for final time I used to be right here – I wish to struggle Colby Covington earlier than I retire,” Chiesa stated throughout the UFC Abu Dhabi post-show in August. “I’m 36 years outdated, we’re in the identical age bracket and at this level, I’m probably not chasing the title.
“I simply don’t actually give a crap concerning the quantity subsequent to Colby’s title, you already know he might reside in Dade County – I don’t give a sh*t the place he resides, Dade County, Miami – no matter, you’re from Oregan and I’m from Washington. I wish to discover out who’s the perfect goddamn welterweight within the Pacific Northwest”
Covington paid little discover to the call-out final 12 months, however throughout a current coaching session, the three-time UFC title challenger had just a few phrases for Chiesa.
“Don’t journey off different folks’s jocks like Michael Chiesa,” Covington stated in a video on his YouTube channel. “He’s an awesome instance of what you don’t wish to do once you turn out to be an Final Fighter champion. He’s an awesome instance for the children on the present that I can inform them don’t be a Michael Chiesa. Be a Chael Sonnen, be a Daniel Cormier, be a Chael Sonnen. These are the way you receives a commission and make it on this business.”
An fascinating take contemplating Covington has been driving Donald Trump’s outsized jock for practically a decade.
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Because it stands, there aren’t any plans to e-book a struggle between the 2 welterweight mainstays, however that would change relying on how issues go when Covington and Chiesa collide on the set of The Final Fighter 33. Within the newest season of the UFC’s long-running actuality sequence, Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen will go head-to-head as head coaches with Chiesa and Covington serving as assistant coaches.
In years previous, the pinnacle coaches would usually struggle on the TUF Finale, however Cormier thinks it makes extra sense for his or her assistants to take heart stage in that regard.
“I’ve Michael Chiesa on my teaching workers, Chael has Colby Covington,” Cormier stated on the TUF 33 media day. “Why don’t they simply struggle and we simply coach them? That’s about as shut as we might each get to going again within the Octagon. Why don’t these dudes struggle one another?”
TUF 33 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the sequence. This season will characteristic male flyweights and welterweights and can air each Tuesday starting Might 27, 2025.
