Colby Covington again tried to steal the spotlights on Saturday night at UFC 314 in Miami.
Paddy Pimblett took the biggest victory of his career so far last Saturday at UFC 314 and finished Michael Chandler in the third round of their five-round Co-Main event.
After his extremely impressive performance, Pimblett called 'Cheeky' Conor McGregor after the Irishman had declared his interest to combat the winner a few days prior to the event.
However, it was a fight with Colby Covington Backstage that eventually stole the headlines, because during his interviews with the media on 'The Baddy' up during his interviews.
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Covington explains his direction of Pimblett UFC 314 Run-in
A few hours after the event, Pimblett explained his side of the fight and claimed that 'Mr. Irrelevant', Colby Covington, just tried to steal the spotlights because the cameras were going on.
Now 'Chaos' Covington has shared his side of the story and stated that 'The Baddy' has called him several times and that he therefore confronted him.
“He has been great fun to let my name walk through his mouth in the media, he talks about me every chance he gets, so I just said,” What is it, Bro, do you want to talk about me now? Say something now, “Covington started explaining to send full MMA.
“He had a microphone in Vegas when I fought for the title and he did not say he was there like a good little B — and did not say. He did not say his 'little sausage' lines, that Ellen Destroys that Nerd looked nothing to say.
“I'm just fed up with his name running through his mouth, I'm going to confront you and we're going to talk about it. Let's talk about facts, but the facts are that the combined loss of his last three opponents is a 13-field loss line,” Covington continued.
Colby Covington has just beaten Paddy Pimblett for the UFC 314 -fight
“He had a microphone in Vegas, he was sitting there like a good little little b *** h and did not say s ** t. He did not do, he lost a drug addict. Keep putting my name in your mouth and my foot will be in his ass” 😳 pic.twitter.com/om7xlrnts7
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The former Welterweight Challenger also claimed that Pimblett will never fight for a title and will close his references to this point.
“He lost to – drug addict. Everyone knows that he really lost to that drug addict (Jared) Gordon that he fought … He continues to put my name in his mouth, he ends with my foot in his A -.”
Pimblett could now be in the title.
Although 'chaos' Covington suggests that the Brit will never fight for the title of 155 pounds, UFC boss Dana White explained after the event that Pimblett is now in the title interview.
Islam Makhachev is currently ruling the lightweight division and apparently cries out for new contenders.
The title ambitions of Pimblett could have had a huge boost, not only because the champion is looking for new contenders, but because Makhachev stated earlier that he would fight against Pimblett if he was in the top 10 of the ranking.