UFC fighter, Colby Covington made headlines on Saturday night, not only for defeating former champion, Tyron Woodley, but also his post fight interview where he praises Trump.
Covington defeated Woodely at the UFC on ESPN+ 36 main event in Las Vegas. Covington beat Woodley with a fifth-round TKO, a come back from his defeat by Kamaru Usman this past December.
In the post-fight interview, Covington railed against "woke athletes, and these spineless cowards, like Lebron James", and praised President Trump.
"I'm sick of these woke athletes and these spineless cowards like Lebron James." - Colby Covingtonpic.twitter.com/pEIgbLYTbe
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 20, 2020
Covington also sported a "Keep America Great" hat in his post-fight show where he gets into a taunting match with Kamaru Usman.
Colby and Kamaru during the Post Fight Show. pic.twitter.com/xtKpaTfTrS
— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) September 20, 2020
Other fighters are also jumping into the mix, such as Leon Edwards, BAMMA welterweight champion. His tweet challenges Covington to a match, and calls him a "racist"
Dont worry I'll take out the racist scumbag, December. Let's see if @ColbyCovMMA joins the "I won't fight Leon club" and goes running like the rest of them.@ufc @UFCEurope
— Leon 'Rocky' Edwards (@Leon_edwardsmma) September 20, 2020
Dana White was asked about these heated altercations in the post-fight interview. He stated the UFC is for free speech.
Dana White: Who is more about free speech than we are?#UFC pic.twitter.com/DDjaBFU3ie
— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) September 20, 2020
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