{"id":274139,"date":"2018-04-07T08:47:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T15:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=274139"},"modified":"2018-04-07T08:47:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T15:47:18","slug":"video-kamaru-usman-and-colby-covington-get-in-heated-confrontation-at-ufc-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/video-kamaru-usman-and-colby-covington-get-in-heated-confrontation-at-ufc-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington get in heated confrontation at UFC press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>VIDEO | Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington get in heated confrontation at UFC press conference<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PH1fcUKvy2g\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>UFC welterweight standouts Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington got in a heated confrontation at last night&#8217;s UFC press conference in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>Usman started by pesturing Covington with insults calling the brash UFC welterweight a &#8220;Twitter Thug&#8221; which eventually prompted &#8220;Chaos&#8221; to react.<\/p>\n<p>No punches or strikes were thrown but it was obvious that there is some genuine dislike between the two perennial 170-pound contenders.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kamaru-Usman-2.png\" alt=\"Kamaru Usman\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-273375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kamaru-Usman-2.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kamaru-Usman-2-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Colby <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-225\/two-title-fights-officially-announced-for-ufc-225-and-ufc-227\/\">Covington will return to action at June&#8217;s UFC 225 event in Chicago where he will battle former lightweight title holder Rafael do Anjos for the promotions interim welterweight belt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kamaru-usman\/report-ufc-chile-gets-headliner-with-santiago-ponzinibbio-vs-kamaru-usman\/\">Kamaru Usman, the surging UFC welterweight contender will battle Santiago Ponzinibbio in the main event of UFC Chile this May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we will eventually see Kamaru Usman and COlby Covington throw down inside the octagon? 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