{"id":282561,"date":"2018-08-09T05:59:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T12:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282561"},"modified":"2018-08-09T05:59:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T12:59:44","slug":"colby-covington-opens-up-on-welterweight-title-shot-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/colby-covington-opens-up-on-welterweight-title-shot-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington opens up on welterweight title shot snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington\u00a0<em>should\u00a0<\/em>be the next man in line for undisputed welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. Unfortunately for Covington, the UFC had other plans.<\/p>\n<p>When Covington wasn&#8217;t ready to battle Woodley at UFC 228 on September 8, the UFC elected to give the next title shot to undefeated Brit Darren Till. Covington, meanwhile, will be stripped of his interim belt the moment the first punch is thrown in this Woodley vs. Till title fight.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/08\/ufc-colby-covington-discusses-donald-trump-visit-tyron-woodley-matchup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a> this week, Covington opened up on being deprived of the title shot he&#8217;s earned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are they trying to rush a camp?\u201d Covington said (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-Interim-Welterweight-Champ-Colby-Covington-Breaks-Silence-After-UFC-228-Snub-140777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherdog.com<\/a>). \u201cThis fight needs a build-up, man. It needs a 12-week promotional build-up. Let me get out there and show that I can promote, and I can market fights and sell fights. Because nobody\u2019s selling fights like me. I know how to do that now. These other guys, they don\u2019t know how to do that. I wanted the fight, but I didn\u2019t want the date. There was no way I was going to be ready. It\u2019s only been up for me. I don\u2019t think about the negative in my life. I just think about the positives. They\u2019re not stripping anything. I earned that belt. The only way you can take that belt is by beating me in the Octagon, and there\u2019s not a man alive that can beat me. Whether it\u2019s \u2018Tyquil\u2019 Woodley or \u2018Tillsbury Doughboy,\u2019 I\u2019ll be ready for that No. 1 contender fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Covington is understandably not happy, he&#8217;s hellbent on fighting the winner of Woodley and Till&#8217;s fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want this fight more than anything,\u201d Covington said. \u201cI want this fight more than I want to breathe. Literally, that\u2019s how badly I want this fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sucks. (The UFC is) looking at the short-term goals. Woodley-Till, that\u2019s not going to do over 100,000 (pay-per-view) buys. I don\u2019t know why they\u2019re rushing to make that fight. Me and \u2018Tyquil,\u2019 that was going to be a big money fight. That was going to be a draw. That\u2019s the fight I built. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sucks, but it is what it is. Now, this time, I\u2019m just hoping Tyron doesn\u2019t (expletive) this up. That\u2019s all I can say to him, is Tyron, don\u2019t (expletive) this up. I built this. You didn\u2019t build this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colby Covington won the UFC interim welterweight belt with an impressive decision defeat of former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 225 in June. He&#8217;s a strong 14-1 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Colby Covington deserved the next shot at Tyron Woodley?<\/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 8\/9\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington\u00a0should\u00a0be the next man in line for undisputed welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. Unfortunately for Covington, the UFC had other plans. When Covington wasn&#8217;t ready to battle Woodley at UFC 228 on September 8, the UFC elected to give the next title shot to undefeated Brit Darren Till. 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