{"id":280182,"date":"2018-07-07T10:08:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T17:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=280182"},"modified":"2018-07-07T10:13:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T17:13:35","slug":"colby-covington-reacts-to-brazil-being-eliminated-from-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/colby-covington-reacts-to-brazil-being-eliminated-from-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington reacts to Brazil being eliminated from the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is safe to say that Colby Covington is not a fan of Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The current UFC interim welterweight champion made headlines last year in Sao Paulo, this after he called the country a &#8220;dump&#8221; and referred to the Brazilian fans as &#8220;filthy animals&#8221; in his post-fight speech following a lopsided decision in over Demian Maia.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI should have knocked him (Demian Maia) out. Brazil you\u2019re a dump! All you filthy animals suck! I\u2019ve got one thing to say.. Tyron Woodley I\u2019m coming for you! If you don\u2019t answer the front door, I am going to knock it in and take what\u2019s mine, that welterweight belt!\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Colby Covington<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chaos&#8221; would later issue what he called a &#8220;formal apology&#8221; for his comments (see that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/colby-covington-issues-formal-apology-following-ufc-sao-paulo\/\">here<\/a>), but for obvious reasons, the &#8220;apology&#8221; was not well received by Brazilian fans.<\/p>\n<p>Covington was most recently seen inside the octagon last month at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/ufc-225-results-colby-covington-defeats-rafael-dos-anjos-highlights\/\">UFC 225 in Chicago, where he captured the UFC&#8217;s interim welterweight title by defeating former lightweight title holder Rafael dos Anjos<\/a> via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colby-Covington-Rafael-dos-Anjos.png\" alt=\"Colby Covington, Rafael dos Anjos\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-278284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colby-Covington-Rafael-dos-Anjos.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colby-Covington-Rafael-dos-Anjos-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Colby&#8217;s impressive victory over the Brazilian (RDA), followed by some post-fight trash talk, only caused his rivalry with Brazil to escalate.<\/p>\n<p>Covington added fuel to that burning fire on Friday when he shared the following reaction to Brazil&#8217;s 2-1 quarterfinal loss to Belgium at the FIFA Wold Cup on Twitter. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rough month south of the equator huh? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/brabel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#brabel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nerdbash2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nerdbash2018<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rBZm10EBpz\">pic.twitter.com\/rBZm10EBpz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColbyCovMMA\/status\/1015340185876234240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Rough month south of the equator huh? #brabel #nerdbash2018&#8221; <\/em>&#8211; Colby Covington<\/p>\n<p>Colby Covington is expected to face current UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley in a title unification bout later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is safe to say that Colby Covington is not a fan of Brazil. 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