Will Colby Covington and Tyron Woodley finally collide?
The rivalry between both men is well documented; however, the welterweights have yet to fight inside of the octagon. The blame for that comes from both sides; however, with Woodley on a two-fight losing streak, and Covington looking to bounce back from his loss against Kamaru Usman, will both men finally settle their differences?
During an interview with Ariel Helwani on his MMA Show, the former UFC Welterweight Champion states that he’s already accept an offer to fight the controversial welterweight (Transcript courtesy of Fightful):
They offered me that fight, I told them I’m in. I mean, I just don’t want to talk a lot about Colby because Colby is an actor, man. I know what he is doing and it makes sense and it’s kind of fun to watch,” Tyron Woodley said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show.
“But, at the end of the day, Colby has turned me down five or six times. After losing two fights back-to-back it may be a time he may accept it because he may think I’m down and out. That was the first thing they [UFC] did. They wanted to see if I was alright then they offered me the fight against Colby. I told Malki [Kawa] to make sure you tell them today, yes. Don’t wait until tomorrow, tell them today yes. I got a contusion I have to deal and I can’t fight anyway for 45-60 days because of the cut,” Woodley continued.
“I’ve been icing six, seven times a day, ibuprofen, so I’ve been doing the right stuff. Fighting Colby right now is like fighting this race war. This brutality and just the unsettling climate of our culture. I’m just going to take it as that. So, they have offered me Colby and I once again have accepted and we will see what happen.”
Covington has yet to respond to Woodley; however, the fighter talked about moving on from the former UFC Welterweight Champion during a recent interview with Submission Radio, after mocking Woodley’s latest loss to Burns:
“I was begging to fight that guy on five days’ notice because I know how washed up he is, and he never wanted to fight me. It’s just that plain and simple. Even when he was the champion, and I had the interim title, he was begging to fight lightweights. He was begging to fight anybody but me. And I’m the first guy to scare the champion into elective shoulder surgery. So, the guy’s been scared of me since Day 1.
“We used to train together at American Top Team. So, I think people just found out how much of a man I am of my word. Every time I say something, it’s the truth. And maybe it’s the brutal honest truth, but it’s still the truth. And he ducked me his whole career, and that’s that.”