The MMA Hour<\/a>, Chael Sonnen, another fighter known for clashing with the nation of Brazil, gave his take on Covington’s recent action. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Sonnen is all for it. Furthermore, he believes Werdum is the one who acted unprofessionally.<\/p>\n\u201cI love [Covington], I think he is a ton of fun and I think what Werdum did was a scumbag move,” Sonnen said. “That\u2019s the second time Werdum has done this, let\u2019s not forget that last time he did it was with a 155-pound Tony Ferguson. It\u2019s just really weird.”<\/p>\n
Sonnen then explained that what Covington is doing is not new, just a little different.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs far as Colby goes, listen man, if you want to make an omelette you have to crack a few eggs. What the hell is he doing wrong? I will remind you, I have known Tyron Woodley from way back when and I saw Tyron do the same thing. He had a different approach, but don\u2019t make any mistake, Tyron stuck his finger in every single chest and used every single microphone he had to to get his opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe even said he\u2019d fight his own teammate, he did, and he knocked him out,\u201d Sonnen continued. \u201cHe wanted to climb the mountain and wouldn\u2019t let anything stop him and Colby is doing the same thing. I don\u2019t think anyone can judge Colby in some unfair light. He\u2019s got his own approach, he is being himself, this isn\u2019t a act as I have known him since he was 11 years old. He grew up two hours away from my front door. He\u2019s been a rough guy his whole life, he\u2019s been wanting to get into UFC since high school, college, he had his dream here he is and he\u2019s want to get some notice and boom. What the hell is wrong with that?\u201d<\/p>\n
What’s your take on the Colby Covington situation?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 22\/11\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colby Covington is one of the most talked about fighters in MMA right now. Unfortunately, much of the talk about him has been negative. Public discourse surrounding the welterweight star picked up when he insulted the entire country of Brazil after his recent win over Demian Maia. It reached a boiling point when he had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":262651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10104,22188],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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