Colby Covington's heel schtick continues to piss off many.
The brash welterweight is coming off a strong and dominant win over former UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley and Covington wasted no time in stirring the pot. Following his main event fight, the controversial star had a war of worlds against Kamaru Usman and used a couple of racial slurs.
Covington also called out Lebron James by saying that the NBA star is a 'spineless coward', “I want to dedicate this fight to all the first responders, all the military out there,” Covington said. “This world would not be safe without you guys. You keep us safe … not these woke athletes, I’m sick of these woke athletes and these spineless cowards like LeBron James.”
Covington's schtick has gone too far and Leon Edwards wants to be the man to make Covington pay for all his trash talk. The No. 3 ranked welterweight promised to take out "racist scumbag" Covington in December:
As of this writing, the former UFC Interim Welterweight Champion has yet to respond to Edwards, though its clear that Covington is trying to slide back into the title pciture against Kamaru Usman. As for Leon, the top ranked competitor has been out of action since July 2019 due to the travel restrictions of the pandemic. Edwards has also tried to get a fight against "Gamebred" Jorge Masvidal, though the Florida native has yet to respond to the 29-year-old's demand for a fight.