Stalwart color-commenator, Joe Rogan has claimed that whereas in his opinion, former interim welterweight title challenger, Colby Covington is a “grasp” at irking out his opponents forward of battle night time, that technique blew up in his face throughout his UFC 296 title siege towards Leon Edwards final month.
Covington, a former interim welterweight champion and now-three-time undisputed divisional title challenger, suffered a one-sided unanimous resolution loss to Birmingham technician, Edwards of their UFC 296 title grudge match.
Joe Rogan befuddled by Colby Covington’s UFC 296 show
And receiving mass criticizm after concentrating on Edwards’ slain father within the pre-fight build-up between the 2, Covington’s efficiency on the mic backed him right into a nook towards a “sharp” Edwards, and finally blew up in his proverbial face.
“Colby (Covington) talked a lot sh*t,” Joe Rogan stated on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Expertise. “It was f*cked up. That’s Colby. He’s the grasp at getting underneath individuals’s pores and skin, however I feel in that battle it backfired. He didn’t look good.”
“I used to be impressed with Leon (Edwards),” Joe Rogan defined. “I feel that the issue is that Colby battle is Leon. He was so harmful. He was so sharp. He’s so technical on the ft.”
Focusing on a slew of fights for his comeback to the Octagon, outspoken Clovis native, Covington has name-dropped the likes of former multiple-time title challenger, Stephen Thompson, in addition to unbeaten Irish starlet, Ian Garry – as soon as once more poking enjoyable on the Dubliner’s relationship together with his spouse and supervisor, Layla Anna-Lee.
“There may be one man that may be a reliable cuck and I’ve referred to as him out for that,” Colby Covington stated of Ian Garry throughout a latest interview. “I came upon that this had occurred, the women as promoting a e-book referred to as ‘WAG’ – which implies ‘wifes and girlfriends’. So, she was selling that she had a boyfriend and she or he had a husband. It shouldn’t be allowed, it’s fairly nasty behaviour.”
“He was fairly indignant,” Colby Covington defined. “I feel he in all probability needs to settle the variations within the Octagon, and it simply so occurs, I wish to battle within the Octagon,” Colby Covington defined. “So, if it must occur at some point, I’d be honored to settle that.”
What’s subsequent for Colby Covington after his one-sided UFC 296 loss?
