Could we see Colby Covington vs. 50 Cent next?
It appears that the former Interim UFC Welterweight Champion won’t let go of a tweet that the rapper made following his fight at UFC 245. Covington was beaten by Kamaru Usman in the main event and 50 Cent posted an image with the caption,
“Enjoy the broken jaw, you racist piece of shit.”
That post didn’t sit well with the California native, as he had no problem calling out the music mogul during an interview with ESPN on Monday (Transcript courtesy of
mmajunkie.com):
“Nah, I didn’t break my jaw in the fight,” Covington said. “Does my jaw look broken? I’ve been smiling. I’ve been with all my mamacitas, you know? The only person that’s gotten their jaw wired shut is 50 Cent. If you want to talk about people who’ve gotten their jaw wired shut, let’s talk about 50 Cent. He says, ‘Oh, I got shot nine times.’ If he got shot one time by me, he wouldn’t get back up. 50 Cent is a little (expletive).”
“… He came out after the fight and was talking mad crap on me. He was saying all this stuff about me, talking all this smack. ‘Oh, that “MAGA” fighter Colby Covington.’ He was putting all these Instagram posts up.”
Covington then laid out the challenge against 50 Cent. A celebrity boxing match where all the proceeds would go to charity:
“I want to do a celebrity boxing match,” Covington said.
“I’m going to tie one hand behind my back and I’m going to fight 50 Cent. I’m going to put up $1 million of my dollars. I want to fight 50 Cent in a celebrity boxing match. I’ll donate all of my money to the troops because I love the troops so much. They protect our freedom. They put it all on the line for America. I want to fight 50 Cent.”
As of this writing, 50 Cent has not responded to Colby Covington’s challenge.