Colby Covington is helping streamers now.
The UFC Middleweight contender had some free time on his hands recently, so he got to scrap with popular influencer Chrogman. For those who know this guy is, he’s known for challenging random social media followers to street fights. He challenged Colby Covington and it went as well as you would expect it to go.
The UFC star said he would give Chrogman $30,000 if he could get the better of him in training. Guess what? He didn’t. Covington gave him a chance to try and hit him, but Covington put a quick end to it thanks to numerous body shots.
Covington gave him one more chance, but this time, all the streamer had to do was last a minute on the mats without getting submitted. That also didn’t go well for Chrogman because he didn’t just tap once, but twice. Despite his dominance, Covington had good things to say about the streamer afterwards.
“He’s a bright young mind and he’s f*cking got a ton of talent,” Covington said. “You’re 19 years old, I’m 37, I’ve been world champion, so I’m double your age, I’ve got so much experience. The more experience he gets, just train smarter, not harder, that’s the most important key to combat sports and just have fun with it. Thanks for coming and being the man in the arena.”
As for his career, Covington is currently in the middle of a two fight skid. His last bout was a KO lost to Joaquin Buckley. The 37-year-old has stated that he’s hoping to fight in a couple of months, and he notably singled out Paddy Pimblett and Gilbert Burns as his next opponent (Transcript courtesy of Bloody Elbow).
“The Paddy Pimblett fight super interests me because in Miami, he was talking s—, running his mouth backstage… He was saying in an interview the other day, his doctor said he had liver failure from cutting to 155.
“Dude, come up a weight class. Come to 170. Why are you being a weight bully, Paddy? You’re a bum. You’re a gimmick. You’re a f——, little English accent and your little bowl cut, that’s the only reason people know you. So, let’s get it going Paddy and if I can’t get Paddy, then maybe Gilbert Burns.
I’ve been talking to Hunter Campbell and we’re looking for October and November. Maybe November in the Garden. But, whatever Hunter and the UFC decides, I’ll be ready. If they need to push me to December in the T-Mobile event, then December in Vegas sounds good.”