Colby Covington intends to struggle at UFC 303 in June. He simply isn’t considering preventing Ian Machado Garry there.
Covington and Garry have been squawking backwards and forwards for months now, to the purpose the place we weren’t positive we needed to expertise the antics we’d undoubtedly should witness if their struggle obtained booked. However Covington slowly however certainly stopping chirping again at Garry, and now there’s silence as Ian requires Colby to signal a contract for UFC 303.
In a current look on the Hodge Twins Podcast, Covington outlined his summer season plans.
“I’m gonna struggle this summer season for positive, somebody’s gonna get fought,” Covington mentioned. “So yeah, they’re attempting to determine who’s the largest identify and the most effective enterprise that we are able to do for the UFC. Worldwide Combat Week is like their large occasion in the summertime, the UFC does an enormous competition all week and it’s capped off by this large pay-per-view on Saturday.”
“So I believe that’s after they’re planning for me, Worldwide Combat Week. Simply attempting to determine who who’s gonna be the man.”
“I obtained unfinished enterprise with my final struggle, Leon Edwards, the man that has the title proper now,” he added. “I broke my foot within the first 5 seconds of that struggle. I threw a kick, it broke in 3 completely different locations. In order that wasn’t me that evening. I’m gonna most likely should struggle another person to get again to him. So whoever.”
“Chaos” no-sold “The Future” as a possible opponent.
“There’s this child that’s been calling me out,” Covington mentioned. “This child, Ian Garry, he’s a no person. I gave him some stipulations and mentioned, ‘Hey man, in case you wanna struggle me, you must present me you’re severe about enterprise.’ As a result of after I do enterprise, I’m severe about it. I present as much as each struggle. I’ve by no means pulled out of 1 struggle. I’ve been injured. I’ve been sick. However I at all times present up and do my enterprise as a result of I really like the UFC as the best group on world. So he has to indicate me he’s severe.”
Garry pulled out of his UFC 296 struggle in opposition to Vicente Luque with a foul case of pneumonia. However so far as Covington is worried, he chickened out moments earlier than the press convention to keep away from Colby’s fierce burns.
“He was purported to be on my final occasion within the press convention. He pulls out the day of the press convention as a result of he knew I used to be gonna be on stage, and we’re gonna have some beef. In order that exhibits me that he’s not severe.”
Is Covington severe about competing at UFC 303? If he’s, he might have to just accept Garry as the one obtainable welterweight that might get him again into title rivalry.
