UFC champion delivers grim prognosis on Colby Covington’s losing streak – ‘The game has passed him by’

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UFC Welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad, doesn’t consider former interim champ, Colby Covington, has a lot left to supply after his one-sided stoppage loss to Joaquin Buckley final weekend (Sat., Dec. 14, 2024) in the primary occasion of UFC Tampa.

Now, there’s no love misplaced between “Chaos” and Muhammad, who’ve traded barbs on-line on a number of events. Whereas Muhammad admits to taking pleasure in watching a rival beat bloody, “Keep in mind The Identify” additionally works as a UFC analyst and has long run pursuits in how the top-tier of the division develops. In keeping with Muhammad, Covington is now in a really weak place as a result of holes in his sport have been revealed.

”It felt so good simply to observe him bleed and undergo,” Muhammad advised MMA on SiriusXM (by way of MMAJunkie). I used to be simply hoping that the physician would let it go somewhat bit extra as a result of now you open the door for Colby to make excuses. He’s already popping out with excuses. Bro, you’re actually getting pieced up in each method you will get pieced up. You have been shedding the grappling, you have been shedding the hanging, you have been shedding the kickboxing, you even misplaced the walkout since you ripped your shirt earlier than you even received on the market, so that you seemed silly doing that.

“As soon as folks understand he’s not what folks thought he was – they put him on this pedestal of, ‘Oh, man, he’s the cardio king. He’s this, he’s that.’ These new guys now, the place we’re learning, we’re seeing stuff. He’s not throwing something at you to make you are worried. He can throw his pity patty freaking punches, after which he takes his silly shot and pushes to the fence and tries to take you down. However there are higher athletes now, there are higher guys, smarter guys now which might be seeing all these things.”

An enormous query within the instant UFC Tampa aftermath was what’s subsequent for Covington? Does he have what it takes to rebuild his place as a contender at 36 years of age? Muhammad doesn’t consider so, and he doesn’t count on Covington to stay within the High 10 for lengthy or win any essential fights.

“I feel now that one individual realizes, wait, this child actually does suck, he doesn’t belong within the High 5 within the UFC,” Muhammad continued. “I don’t suppose he’ll beat anyone within the High 10 within the UFC. Now he’s realized the sport has handed him by, and he wants to determine what’s subsequent. Perhaps he’ll have one large struggle in opposition to someone, possibly, however there’s not rather a lot left for him.”

Because the loss, Covington has been adamant that he was turning the tide in opposition to Buckley and nonetheless has rather a lot to supply within the Octagon. If not, maybe WWE comes calling?

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