UFC champion delivers grim prognosis on Colby Covington’s dropping streak – ‘The sport has handed him by’

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UFC Welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad, doesn’t imagine former interim champ, Colby Covington, has a lot left to supply after his one-sided stoppage loss to Joaquin Buckley final weekend (Sat., Dec. 14, 2024) in the primary occasion of UFC Tampa.

Now, there’s no love misplaced between “Chaos” and Muhammad, who’ve traded barbs on-line on a number of events. Whereas Muhammad admits to taking pleasure in watching a rival beat bloody, “Keep in mind The Identify” additionally works as a UFC analyst and has long run pursuits in how the top-tier of the division develops. In line with Muhammad, Covington is now in a really weak place as a result of holes in his sport have been revealed.

”It felt so good simply to observe him bleed and endure,” Muhammad advised MMA on SiriusXM (through MMAJunkie). I used to be simply hoping that the physician would let it go a bit bit extra as a result of now you open the door for Colby to make excuses. He’s already popping out with excuses. Bro, you’re actually getting pieced up in each manner you will get pieced up. You have been dropping the grappling, you have been dropping the hanging, you have been dropping the kickboxing, you even misplaced the walkout since you ripped your shirt earlier than you even bought on the market, so that you regarded silly doing that.

“As soon as folks notice he’s not what folks thought he was – they put him on this pedestal of, ‘Oh, man, he’s the cardio king. He’s this, he’s that.’ These new guys now, the place we’re learning, we’re seeing stuff. He’s not throwing something at you to make you are worried. He can throw his pity patty freaking punches, after which he takes his silly shot and pushes to the fence and tries to take you down. However there are higher athletes now, there are higher guys, smarter guys now which might be seeing all these things.”

A giant query within the quick UFC Tampa aftermath was what’s subsequent for Covington? Does he have what it takes to rebuild his place as a contender at 36 years of age? Muhammad doesn’t imagine so, and he doesn’t count on Covington to stay within the Prime 10 for lengthy or win any essential fights.

“I believe now that one particular person realizes, wait, this child actually does suck, he doesn’t belong within the Prime 5 within the UFC,” Muhammad continued. “I don’t assume he’ll beat anyone within the Prime 10 within the UFC. Now he’s realized the sport has handed him by, and he wants to determine what’s subsequent. Possibly he’ll have one large combat in opposition to any individual, possibly, however there’s not so much left for him.”

For the reason that loss, Covington has been adamant that he was turning the tide in opposition to Buckley and nonetheless has so much to supply within the Octagon. If not, maybe WWE comes calling?

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