{"id":262618,"date":"2017-10-29T10:24:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T17:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=262618"},"modified":"2017-10-29T10:25:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T17:25:16","slug":"colby-covington-explains-will-not-apologize-post-fight-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/colby-covington-explains-will-not-apologize-post-fight-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington explains why he will not apologize for post-fight remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surging UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington will not issue an apology despite receiving a large amount of backlash regarding his UFC Fight Night 119 post-fight comments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/demian-maia\/ufc-fight-night-119-results-colby-covington-defeats-demian-maia\/\">&#8220;Chaos&#8221; defeated former title challenger Demian Maia via unanimous decision in the co-main event of last night&#8217;s UFC fight card in Sao Paulo<\/a>. Following his high profile win, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/video-colby-covington-trashed-brazil-and-called-out-tyron-woodley-in-post-fight-interview\/\">Covington took to the mic where he decided to trash the country of Brazil and issue a challenge to current welterweight title holder Tyron Woodley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI should have knocked him (Demian Maia) out. Brazil you\u2019re a dump! All you filthy animals suck! I\u2019ve got one thing to say.. Tyron Woodley I\u2019m coming for you! If you don\u2019t answer the front door, I am going to knock it in and take what\u2019s mine, that welterweight belt!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As soon as his post-fight interview ended, security rushed Covington out of the arena because fans were attempting to strike him with bottles and other objects from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat was unlike anything I\u2019ve ever been through in my life,\u201d Covington told<a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/10\/unapologetic-colby-covington-explains-why-post-fight-antics-werent-that-offensive\"> MMAjunkie<\/a> following the event. \u201cBeer bottles flying across my head. I got hit a couple times by a couple bottles, but the security did a good job. There was like 20 guys huddled over me making sure my head was low. (UFC exec) Reed Harris said he had to pull some guy out of the stands that hit me with a bottle. Man, it was chaos. And that\u2019s what comes with my nickname. I enjoyed it. I had a great time out there. It was a lot of fun.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chaos&#8221; will not walk back on anything he said and doesn&#8217;t care if people found his remarks offensive.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t walk back anything I said because I don\u2019t think I said anything that offensive,\u201d Covington said. \u201cLook at the stuff they\u2019re saying to me all week, the stuff in the walkout. They\u2019re saying, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re a (expletive). You\u2019re going to die. You\u2019re a (expletive). You\u2019re this.\u2019 Homophobic slurs. All these different super-nasty remarks. Where\u2019s the double standard at? They can say these things, but I say, \u2018Oh, the place is a dump\u2019 and \u2018they\u2019re filthy animals\u2019 just as a game? This is a game to me. I\u2019m just having fun with it. I\u2019m just trying to promote and make it fun for the fans. How am I taking criticism from that? Look at what they\u2019re saying to me. Stop having a double standard.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of Colby Covington&#8217;s post-fight remarks. Is an apology warranted? Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surging UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington will not issue an apology despite receiving a large amount of backlash regarding his UFC Fight Night 119 post-fight comments. &#8220;Chaos&#8221; defeated former title challenger Demian Maia via unanimous decision in the co-main event of last night&#8217;s UFC fight card in Sao Paulo. 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