{"id":262649,"date":"2017-10-29T18:09:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T01:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=262649"},"modified":"2017-10-29T18:09:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T01:09:21","slug":"colby-covington-claims-to-have-been-threatened-by-lyoto-machida-backstage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/colby-covington-claims-to-have-been-threatened-by-lyoto-machida-backstage\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington claims to have been threatened by Lyoto Machida backstage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps the biggest story to emerge from the UFC’s Saturday-night stop in Sao Paulo, Brazil followed Colby Covington’s controversial post-fight speech. In this speech, which occurred moments after he was awarded a unanimous decision win over Demian Maia, Covington referred to Brazil as a “dump,” and the crowd in attendance as “filthy animals.”<\/p>\n

In an unsurprising twist, it turns out that Covington’s comments pissed a lot of people off. Many of his fellow fighters have outwardly criticized him. The UFC is apparently “not very happy”<\/a> with him and plans to review his actions and consider punishment. Even some of his teammates are upset with him<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Jim Edwards of MMAUno.com<\/a> on Sunday morning, Covington claims he was even threatened by Lyoto Machida, who was knocked out by Derek Brunson in the evening’s main event just minutes later.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UFC were just a little afraid for my safety so we were like rushed back to the hotel with security,\u201d Covington said of the moments after his polarizing speech. \u201cI had to go right back to my room and I wasn\u2019t allowed out anywhere so I just bunkered down in my room. That\u2019s why things happened the way they did.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I went backstage there were still a lot of Brazilian people mad,” he continued. “All the Brazilian fighters were like \u2018F*** you, I\u2019m going to kill you if I see you. You\u2019re dead.\u2019 Even Lyoto Machida was focused on me saying\u00a0\u2018You disrespected Brazil. F*** you, I\u2019ll f*** you up.\u2019\u00a0I was like why are you worried about me, you got a fight with Derek Brunson in two seconds.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

“Before he was literally about to walk out, he was jarring with me as I walked into the room.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Covington then explained that he doesn’t believe his comments deserve the negative reaction they’ve received.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s ridiculous, I can\u2019t believe we\u2019re even talking about this,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cChael [Sonnen] and Conor [McGregor] like what have they said. They\u2019ve said like ten things, homophobic, racial.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m poking fun man. No one knows what happened to me on the walkout. They\u2019re f***ing spitting at me, telling me I\u2019m going to die, telling me f*** you and your mum and this and that. They\u2019re throwing cups at me on the walkout, they tried to grab me as I walked out. I mean are you kidding me? I said they were filthy animals because they were being animals spitting at me and throwing stuff on me before the fight. This is on the walkout. But I\u2019m the bad guy because I say the country is a dump?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, at the end of the day this is all just fun and games. I\u2019ve got a lot of respect for Brazil. I don\u2019t think this is a serious matter and we shouldn\u2019t even be talking about any punishment.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What’s your take on the controversy surrounding Colby Covington’s post-fight speech?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 10\/29\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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