{"id":298528,"date":"2019-01-17T16:14:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T00:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=298528"},"modified":"2019-01-17T16:14:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T00:14:19","slug":"colby-covington-will-get-his-title-shot-dana-white-says-it-just-wont-be-when-he-wants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-will-get-his-title-shot-dana-white-says-it-just-wont-be-when-he-wants\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington will get his title shot&#8230; Dana White says it just won&#8217;t be when he wants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since Tyron Woodley <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/ufc-214-results-tyron-woodley-defeats-demian-maia-highlights\/\">defended his UFC welterweight crown against Demian Maia in July 2017<\/a>, there has seemingly been nothing but confusion clouding the top of the division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roughly a year after the defense, Woodley was ready to return from his shoulder surgery yet the UFC made an interim welterweight title bout between Colby Covington and former lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Covington would go on to win the bout via<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/ufc-225-results-colby-covington-defeats-rafael-dos-anjos-highlights\/\"> clear unanimous decision<\/a> thus presumably setting him up for his well earned undisputed title shot vs Woodley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, that has yet to come for the ATT product in Covington as he <g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace gr-progress\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">need<\/g>ed an extra month to recover before he could return at the UFC&#8217;s desired date for the matchup which led to the UFC throwing Darren Till into his spot to take on Woodley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having yet to fight since the Dos Anjos fight, Covington remains shelved as fellow top contender Kamaru Usman has now taken his spot vs Woodley <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/report-tyron-woodley-vs-kamaru-usman-signed-for-ufc-235-co-main-event\/\">at UFC 235 in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Openly unhappy with his treatment as of late, Covington has stood firm on his stance saying that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/colby-covington-only-willing-to-fight-for-promised-title-shot-challenges-ufc-to-release-him\/\">he won&#8217;t fight for anything less than his promised title shot and if he doesn&#8217;t get it, he wants to be released<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even throwing <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/colby-covington-has-a-message-for-uncle-fester-dana-white\/\">some jabs at UFC President Dana White<\/a> in the midst of it all, the UFC boss addressed the situation today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t heard one thing about Colby Covington,\u201d White said at the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"UFC Brooklyn pre-fight press conference (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lrFvmLsGlT8\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Brooklyn pre-fight press conference<\/a>. &#8220;When opportunities pop up, take \u2019em. 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