Colby Covington referred to as within the large weapons to assist him promote his battle this weekend.
On Saturday, UFC Tampa goes down from the Amalie Enviornment, headlined by Covington taking over Joaquin Buckley in a top-10 welterweight contest. On Friday morning, each principal occasion fighters efficiently made weight, however for the ceremonial weigh-ins within the afternoon, Covington had one thing particular deliberate, calling in UFC Corridor of Famer Chael Sonnen to do the speaking for him.
After dealing with off with Buckley for the ultimate time, UFC commentator Brendan Fitzgerald tried to get one final quote from the previous interim champion, however Covington deferred to Sonnen, who minimize a classic promo.
“I got here to let you know, whenever you’re the best fighter on the planet in the present day, they’ve received a reputation for you,” Sonnen mentioned. “They don’t name you an ideal fighter, they name you ‘Chaos’ Covington, solely within the octagon, 10 ET, 7 PT, and solely on ESPN.”
Sonnen is likely one of the biggest trash talkers in UFC historical past, blurring the traces between MMA {and professional} wrestling along with his post-fight promos and mic work. He was inducted into the UFC Corridor of Fame earlier this yr for his legendary battle with Anderson Silva at UFC 117.
For his half, Buckley additionally did his greatest to hype the battle, promising to finish Covington’s profession on Saturday.
“On the finish of the day, this dude’s been quiet,” Buckley mentioned. “He performs a personality, and now he desires to be mushy with it. So on the finish of the day, we’re going to exit in that cage and retire this man and ship his ass off to Twitch.”
Take a look at the complete face-offs from all 26 fighters within the video above.
