Colby Covington confronted Paddy Pimblett during UFC 314.
After Pimblett (23-3 MMA, 7-0 UFC) finished Michael Chandler in Saturday’s co-headliner at Kaseya Center in Miami, he crossed paths with Covington backstage, and the pair went at it. Pimblett addressed his side of the story, where he accused Covington of trying to use his name to stay relevant.
Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) fired back.
“He’s been loving to run my name through his mouth in the media,” Covington told Full Send MMA. “He talks about me every chance he gets, so I just said, ‘Hey, what’s up, bro? Do you want to talk about me to my face right now? Say something now.’ He has nothing to say. He had a mic in Vegas when I fought in the title fight and he didn’t say sh*t.
“He sat there like a good little b*tch and didn’t say sh*t. He didn’t say his little sausage lines, that Ellen Degeneres-looking f*cking nerd. He had nothing to say. He was piped down like the little b*tch he is. I’m just sick of him running my name through his mouth. I’m going to confront you, and we’re going to talk about it.”
Although Pimblett is unbeaten in the UFC, Covington downplayed his resume. The former interim welterweight champion is on a two-fight losing skid, but argued his accolades have been far more impressive. He’s willing to settle things with Pimblett, even though “The Baddy” said he has bigger fish to fry.
“Let’s talk about facts, though: The facts are that the combined losing streak of his last three opponents is a 13-fight losing streak,” Covington said. “The guy’s never going to get to a title fight, he’s never going to be a champion, he’s a f*cking bum. All he does is mumble sausages all day. That’s all he can say. … He was on my undercard, by the way. I’m a real star. I’m not a gimmick like Paddy Pimblett. Oh yeah: ‘I’ve got a stupid bowl cut, I’ve got an English accent and I look like Ellen Degeneres.’ I’m not a gimmick. I’m a real fighter. I’m a real champion.
“I’ve f*cking been here, and I’ve done that. He hasn’t done sh*t. He’s fighting guys that are on massive losing streaks. Tony Ferguson, seven (or) eight-fight losing streak. Michael Chandler (three)-fight losing streak. the guy before that, I don’t even know who he fought. He lost to a f*cking drug addict. Everybody knows he really lost to that drug addict, f*cking (Jared) Gordon that he fought. Everybody knows he’s all hype, and I want to be the one who ends this hype. He keeps putting my name in his mouth, he’s going to end up with my foot in his ass.”
