{"id":278283,"date":"2018-06-10T11:33:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T18:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=278283"},"modified":"2018-06-10T11:33:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T18:33:22","slug":"the-mma-community-reacts-to-colby-covingtons-defeat-of-rafael-dos-anjos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/the-mma-community-reacts-to-colby-covingtons-defeat-of-rafael-dos-anjos\/","title":{"rendered":"The MMA community reacts to Colby Covington&#8217;s defeat of Rafael dos Anjos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Covington is now the UFC interim welterweight champion \u2014 though he assures he&#8217;s actually the undisputed champion. Covington earned this lofty title with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-225\/ufc-225-results-colby-covington-defeats-rafael-dos-anjos-highlights\/\">a hard-fought decision victory<\/a> over former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos in the co-main of UFC 225 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Though Covington is one of the most controversial and villainous figures in mixed martial arts today, his victory was impressive enough that even some of his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-colby-covington-and-michael-bisping-have-heated-post-fight-exchange\/\">biggest haters<\/a> were applauding him. Then again, some members of the MMA community stuck to their guns, trashing the notorious heel even in the wake of his title win.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the best reactions to Colby Covington&#8217;s UFC 225 interim title victory:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Get this bitch ready! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> hit my line now! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6gzKwyvKpH\">pic.twitter.com\/6gzKwyvKpH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TWooodley\/status\/1005669820489072640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welterweight is Great Again!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\/status\/1005669537843331073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colby Covington is the UFC interim champion! Love him or hate him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColbyCovMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ColbyCovMMA<\/a> is game man. He grinds and goes crazy hard. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/imo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#imo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dc_mma\/status\/1005669079141605376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colby fought a tremendous fight but RDA did not fight a smart fight IMO. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ufc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanJouban\/status\/1005669046132486144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Love him or hate him, Colby fought a great fight and definitely deserves the win <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ufc225?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ufc225<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmasarah\/status\/1005668949193715712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a f*cking pace!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ufc225?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ufc225<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexvolkanovski\/status\/1005668789399183365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALIAQUINTA\/status\/1005666138636898305<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerekBrunson\/status\/1005668801093013505<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can&#39;t believe this guy did it, lol. The #1 villain in MMA history. Easy.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC225?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC225<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Drake Riggs (@DrakeRiggs_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrakeRiggs_\/status\/1005669705405718536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe is just trying not to say anything that will offend Colby. Doesn&#39;t want to get slapped. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC225?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC225<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Taylor (@TomTayMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomTayMMA\/status\/1005665167366148097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With his win over Rafael dos Anjos, Colby Covington set up a title-unifying showdown with undisputed UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, which he hopes will happen sometime this summer. That said, Covington\u2019s immediate priority seems to be a trip to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump.\u00a0The interim welterweight champion is now on a six-fight streak, having most recently defeated\u00a0Jonathan Meunier, Max Griffin,\u00a0Bryan Barberena,\u00a0Dong Hyun Kim,\u00a0Demian Maia\u00a0and now dos Anjos. He owns an overall record of 14-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/10\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Covington is now the UFC interim welterweight champion \u2014 though he assures he&#8217;s actually the undisputed champion. Covington earned this lofty title with a hard-fought decision victory over former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos in the co-main of UFC 225 on Saturday night. 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