Colby Covington has showed he may just struggle at the Conor McGregor vs Michael Chandler undercard at UFC 303, then repeated callouts via Ian Machado Garry.
It used to be not hidden closing age that Jamahal Hill will face Khalil Rountree Jr within the co-main match of UFC 303, which takes park in Las Vegas on 29 June, although many lovers declared that Covington vs Garry could be a extra becoming bout for that slot.
In the meantime, Eire’s Garry accused Covington of “single-handedly ruining UFC 303” via allegedly refusing to struggle him. Now Covington has admitted he may just detail on the match – however now not essentially towards Garry.
“I think that’s when they’re planning for me, International Fight Week,” Covington advised Twins Pod on Saturday (27 April). “Just trying to figure out who’s gonna be the guy.
“I got unfinished business with my last fight, Leon Edwards – the guy that has the title right now. I broke my foot in the first five seconds of that fight. I threw a kick, it broke in three different places, so that wasn’t me that night. I’m gonna probably have to fight someone else to get back to him, so whoever.”
Covington, 36, used to be outpointed via Edwards in December, because the arguable American misplaced an undisputed welterweight identify struggle for the 3rd future. Covington, a former period in-between champion, in the past didn’t win the usual belt in two fights with Kamaru Usman.
“There’s this kid that’s been calling me out,” Covington endured. “This kid, Ian Garry, he’s a nobody. I gave him some stipulations and said, ‘Hey, man. If you wanna fight me, you have to show me you’re serious about business,’ because when I do business, I’m serious about it.
“I show up to every fight, I’ve never pulled out of one fight. I’ve been injured, I’ve been sick, but I always show up and do my business, because I love the UFC as the greatest organisation in the world. So, he has to show me he’s serious.
“He was supposed to be on my last event. He pulls out the day of the press conference, because he knew I was gonna be on stage and we’re gonna have some beef. So, that shows me that he’s not serious.”
Garry, 26, withdrew from UFC 296 because of weakness forward of a deliberate struggle with Vicente Luque. The unbeaten Irishman went on to stand Geoff Neal at UFC 298 in February, successful by way of determination.