Colby Covington recently lost on his return to the UFC Octagon and has already highlighted former title challenger Gilbert Burns as his potential next opponent following a phone number leak.
After nearly a year out of action, Colby Covington recently returned to UFC Tampa to take on the rising Joaquin Buckley.
'New Mansa' utterly dominated the former UFC interim welterweight champion, then scored the doctor's stoppage victory in the third round after Covington continued to leak blood from his eye.
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Colby Covington calls Gilbert Burns after leaking Chael Sonnen's phone number
In his corner before the fight was “The American Gangster,” UFC legend Chael Sonnen. Although Sonnen doesn't have much experience in cornering, he has stayed in the sport since his retirement and has done a lot of analytical work.
During the beating Buckley inflicted on Covington, Sonnen claimed he was about to throw in the towel before the doctor stopped the fight.
After suffering back-to-back losses for the first time in his career, it was relatively unclear where Covington would go from here given his inactivity in recent years.
Despite this, he suffered another major loss just a day later when he was eliminated from the World Series of Poker tournament in the Bahamas.
However, Covington returned to the fight, taking to his Twitch Live stream just days after his defeat and calling out former title challenger Gilbert Burns.
Earlier this week, 'Durinho' leaked Sonnen's phone number after Sonnen claimed Burns had retired from the sport, resulting in a slew of calls from excited fans that Sonnen handled exceptionally well.
However, it didn't sit well with Covington, who said, “That's disgusting, man, that's despicable, that's not right, man, that's really messed up.”
“Now he gets tons of people calling him with stupid things and calling him with stupid pranks, it's a safety issue… What are we, in high school? That really sucks that Gilbert did that to Uncle Chael.
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“I said, 'Hey Uncle Chael, if you want me to handle that inside the Octagon, I'll get justice for us, I'll get justice on Gilbert's damn face, I'll make sure he never shows his face in America again . “That's how bad I'd beat him,” Covington continued.
Gilbert Burns responds to Colby Covington's fight call
Although the 38-year-old Brazilian is not officially retired, he has lost his last three fights in extremely disappointing fashion and appears to be nearing the end of his career.
Despite this, Burns has responded to Covington's fight call with a date offer.
“Miami April! (Sign) just the contract! I know you won't show up! @ColbyCovMMA,” Burns said in a tweet on X.
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Rumor has it that the promotion will land back in Miami in April, and since Burns lives in Florida, he has emphasized that this is a perfect battlefield.
However, Covington's old rival, Jorge Masvidal, has also hinted at a possible return to the UFC to fight on their rumored Miami card, which could cause some pushback from the promotion.
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