{"id":300740,"date":"2019-02-06T05:53:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T13:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=300740"},"modified":"2019-02-06T05:53:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T13:53:21","slug":"colby-covington-threatens-legal-action-against-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-threatens-legal-action-against-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington threatens legal action against the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When Colby Covington won the UFC interim welterweight title in June of 2018, he was promised a welterweight title shot opposite undisputed champ Tyron Woodley. Yet he never received that opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, Covington&#8217;s promised title shot was given to Kamaru Usman, who will battle Tyron Woodley at UFC 235. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colby Covington is not happy about this \u2014 in fact, he&#8217;s threatening legal action against the UFC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe may have to go to court, and this may be a lawsuit, because let\u2019s be honest: If [Tom] Brady wins the AFC championship and all of a sudden Roger Goodell says, \u2018You\u2019re not going to the Super Bowl because we don\u2019t like you\u2019 \u2013 no, that\u2019s not how it works,\u201d Covington told <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMAjunkie (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/02\/ufc-colby-covington-threatens-lawsuit-title-snub-living-hell\" target=\"_blank\">MMAjunkie<\/a> recently (transcript via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA Fighting (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/2\/6\/18213470\/colby-covington-considering-lawsuit-against-ufc-willing-to-make-it-a-living-hell-for-promotion\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cThis is business and just because you don\u2019t like someone, that\u2019s not a big deal. This is business and they\u2019re gonna have to get over the fact that they don\u2019t like me and they\u2019re gonna have to play ball and do business with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the UFC wants to be a circus and be a corrupt business and go about their business, then that\u2019s their problem,\u201d Covington added. \u201cI\u2019m standing up for what I believe in. I\u2019m not backing down. I don\u2019t care what Uncle Fester has to say. I\u2019m the No. 1 ranked fighter in the world. Go look it up on the UFC website. I had a belt wrapped around my waist by Uncle Fester. I was the only fighter to go the White House. That\u2019s never happened. What else do you have to do? What\u2019s the criteria to get a title shot these days?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think of these comments from Colby Covington? Do you sympathize with the polarizing welterweight star? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0on 2\/5\/2019.<\/em><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Colby Covington won the UFC interim welterweight title in June of 2018, he was promised a welterweight title shot opposite undisputed champ Tyron Woodley. Yet he never received that opportunity. Instead, Covington&#8217;s promised title shot was given to Kamaru Usman, who will battle Tyron Woodley at UFC 235. 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