Everyone wants to fight Colby Covington.
The controversial fighter seems to be focused on several welterweights at the moments, namely Tyron Woodley; however, Michael Chiesa is hoping to square up against the former UFC Interim Welterweight Champion.
The first TUF winner has been on a roll thus far, with Chiesa coming off impressive victories over Carlos Condit, Diego Sanchez, and Rafael dos Anjos; however, while Chiesa will fight anyone ranked above him, Covington is the man he wants to face the most because he sees it as the easiest path towards a welterweight title shot:
“Definitely guys ranked above me,” Chiesa said on The Luke Thomas Show. “Burns, I think him and I are on a crash course. I love the guy, I think he’s great. We’ve been kind of picking at each other on social media. I’ll jump on his live feeds and message him, he’ll do the same for me. Awesome guy, styles make fights, I think that’s a fun fight. There’s Wonderboy, there’s Leon, there’s Tyron. There’s all these guys ahead of me.
“There’s Colby,” Chiesa added. “That’s the one I want the most. I want the Colby fight the most. That’s just MMA math. If I fought Colby, and I beat him — and I could beat him, and I would beat him, it’s a good matchup for me — I beat Colby, I think that puts me in the best position I could be in with one win. Whereas these other guys, I’d probably have to beat Burns then I’d have to beat a Woodley or a Leon, or somebody, to get in a position I would get in if I beat Colby, because he’s still the number-one guy. I’m just doing MMA math. I’ll take the tougher fight if I have to win one fight than to fight two of these other guys twice. But anybody above me for sure.”
This would certainly be an interesting fight for both men, as Covington is surely looking to bounce back following his loss to Kamaru Usman at UFC 245.