Colby Covington is coming to the protection of fellow three-time UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen.
‘The American Gangster’ was in Covington’s nook on the UFC’s closing occasion of 2024 in Tampa. Now ‘Chaos’ is able to return the favor by placing a beating on welterweight standout Gilbert Burns who leaked Sonnen’s quantity on social media.
In a current video on his YouTube channel, Sonnen claimed that Burns was retired from the game. ‘Durinho’ didn’t admire the remark and made Sonnen pay by posting his private cellphone quantity on X. Consequently, Sonnen acquired a slew of calls from excited struggle followers hoping to have a phrase with the person from West Linn, Oregon.
Whereas Sonnen took the entire thing in stride, Covington discovered it to be downright “despicable” and issued a problem to Burns.
“That’s disgusting, man, that’s despicable, that’s not proper man, that’s actually tousled,” Covington mentioned. “Now he’s getting tons of individuals calling him with silly sh*t and calling him with silly pranks, it’s a safety concern… What are we, in highschool? That’s actually tousled that Gilbert did that to Uncle Chael.
“I mentioned, ‘Hey Uncle Chael in order for you me to deal with that contained in the Octagon, I’ll get justice for us, I’ll get justice on Gilbert’s f*cking face, I’ll be certain he by no means exhibits his face in America ever once more, that’s how badly I’d beat him” (h/t Bloody Elbow).
‘Durinho’ Responds to Colby Covington’s Name Out
Burns has since responded to Covington’s name out, settlement to satisfy him contained in the Octagon this spring — assuming ‘Chaos’ really indicators the contract.
“Miami April! Simply [sign] the contract! I do know you not displaying up!” Burns wrote in response.
With Burns sitting because the No. 8 ranked contender within the division and Covington dropping to ninth following his lopsided loss to Joaquin Buckley, a struggle between the 2 makes quite a lot of sense from a rankings perspective.
Each fighters would additionally enter the bout in determined want of a win, including one other attention-grabbing wrinkle to their potential showdown.
