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Colby Covington had a wild time in Brazil. Moments after his unanimous decision win over Demian Maia<\/a> was announced, the red-hot welterweight went off on the country, calling it a “a dump” and referring to its citizens as “filthy animals.”<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, the people of Brazil weren’t happy<\/a> with Covington’s remarks. The UFC, meanwhile immediately feared for his safety. As such, he was apparently put on “lockdown” from the moment these comments left his mouth until he reached the airport.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had my suit ready,\u201d Covington said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour<\/a>, explaining that he was ready to attend the post-fight press conference. \u201cI was all dressed up, ready to go. But then [UFC official] Reed [Harris] put me in the van. He was like, \u2018Hey, we\u2019ve gotta get you out of here. We don\u2019t know if it\u2019s safe for you to be here.\u2019 They either pulled me for two reasons. They either pulled me because they thought it was dangerous and they didn\u2019t know if it would be good. Or they pulled me because they thought I was gonna say more controversial comments about Brazil.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe went in through the negative levels,\u201d Covington continued, discussing his stealth mission back to his hotel room. \u201cThey guarded me up the elevator. They wouldn\u2019t let anybody else on the elevator. We ducked so no one sees us over the balcony. We walked back to our room. I\u2019m in my room on lockdown.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI was a little nervous. I can\u2019t lie. I\u2019m not gonna come lie to you today. I\u2019m not a liar, I\u2019m a truth teller.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Covington then offered some insight as to why he spoke the way he did.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just didn\u2019t like how they treated me when I was in the tunnel before the walkout to the fight,” he said. “I\u2019m sitting in the tunnel and they\u2019re yelling all these things. \u2018Oh, I f*cked your mom,\u2019 this and that. Stuff about me, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re gonna die.\u2019 Throwing cups and stuff and hot dogs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou need to respect me,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m going into a fight, this is professionals. So, I just felt disrespected by them. I didn\u2019t say anything that was too outlandish.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

“With the way they treat people over there, you can\u2019t do that over in Canada, Ariel.\u00a0<\/span>You can\u2019t do that in the USA. You won\u2019t hear whole crowds doing stuff like that and the things they do. So, I don\u2019t think I crossed any line. America.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Colby Covington then explained that, going forward, he’s willing to fight anywhere the UFC sets up shop, but he doesn’t expect to be invited back to Brazil.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m a company man,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll go wherever the UFC wants me to go. But I probably wont be making an appearance back in Brazil.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What did you think of Colby Covington’s win over Demian Maia?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 10\/31\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n

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