Colby Covington earned a spot on UFC welterweight Ian Machado Garry’s hit record by becoming a member of in to a refrain of adverse and defamatory assaults towards Garry and his household.
Now, Garry has a really violent plan for Covington, one which strikes to the center of the character “Chaos” has created through the years.
“I’ll speak to him after I beat the f*** out of him within the octagon,” Garry stated this week on The MMA Hour. “If [Donald] Trump’s in attendance, I’ll drag Colby in entrance of Trump, and I’ll beat the mouth off him, and I’ll say, ‘That is what you’ve created.’ Growth. ‘That is MAGA.’ I’m like, ‘It’s no extra. Eliminate him. Get him out of the UFC.’
“I’ll silence Colby Covington. I’ll hit him so arduous, he by no means speaks once more. And when he loses to somebody like me, a younger prospect, he’s going to go, ‘Alright,’ perhaps he goes again [the next day], he’s obtained one woman on one shoulder, one woman on the opposite shoulder, he’s beat, he says, ‘Possibly I ought to rethink my life’s decisions. Possibly I ought to retire. That child gave me an ass-whooping I’ve by no means had earlier than in my life.’
“That’s the way in which I beat Colby. I don’t care the place it’s, or the place it’s accomplished, I do know it’s coming.”
Some MMA observers aren’t as optimistic as Garry that he’ll get the prospect to execute his plan. Covington is famously tough to pin down on the struggle calendar, and a struggle with the lower-ranked Garry solely expedites his exit from the rankings.
However Garry believes that with three title losses and a 2-3 report over his previous 5, Covington has misplaced the leverage to regulate his future. Garry, in the meantime, is 7-0 within the UFC octagon and this previous Saturday at UFC 298 outpointed Geoff Neal to increase his unbeaten streak to 14-0.
“I do know for a truth it’s a large matchup when you consider the place his rating is now,” Garry stated. “I’ve beat extra top-15 opponents than Colby Covington has. His largest declare to fame is he’s fought for 3 world titles, and he’s misplaced all of them. So I consider Colby nonetheless has loads of respect from the followers. He’s nonetheless a large matchup. He has loads of followers. He’s an excellent athlete. He pushes the tempo, and he’s obtained nice wrestling, however he’s not a tenth of the athlete I’m. He doesn’t have the approach that I’ve. He doesn’t have the mindset that I’ve.
“The man’s a joker and a clown. He was going to get lower by the UFC till he placed on this pretend persona that everyone is aware of about and is aware of. He’s a pantomime. However I do know for a indisputable fact that I’m the most important struggle he’s going to get. He’s not going to struggle an [Kamaru] Usman. He’s not going to struggle Shavkhat [Rakhmonov], he’s not going to struggle Belal [Muhammad], as a result of they’re all horrible matchups for him.
“I’m a striker at coronary heart. Striker versus wrestler is sensible. I’ve additionally not been examined towards an elite American wrestler within the division, so give me the man within the division who’s arguably one of the best at it. Let me present the world how a lot better I’m than him. Let me do it over 5 rounds. Let me do it in a large principal occasion or co-main occasion in Eire on the Conor McGregor/Michael Chandler card, every time that’s.
“However I promise you now, coronary heart to coronary heart, eye to eye, I’ll put Colby Covington face down on the canvas, whether or not I knock him out or choke him unconscious. I don’t care the way it occurs, I do know it’s going to occur. He’s by no means, ever, ever going to be pretty much as good as me. And I simply know there’s not a much bigger matchup for him to take. There isn’t a greater paycheck for him to get for the time being, as a result of I’m the most important title he can compete towards.”
