{"id":308632,"date":"2019-04-04T15:46:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T22:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=308632"},"modified":"2019-04-05T04:59:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T11:59:42","slug":"colby-covington-says-khabib-nurmagomedov-would-be-his-easiest-fight-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-says-khabib-nurmagomedov-would-be-his-easiest-fight-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington says Khabib Nurmagomedov would be his easiest fight to date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Colby Covington is expected to challenge Kamaru Usman for the UFC welterweight title later this year. Although Usman presents his own challenges to Covington, &#8216;Chaos&#8217; is already eyeing his next potential fight. That fight would be against current UFC lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Covington recently discussed a potential catchweight bout with &#8216;The Eagle&#8217;, where he insinuated that Khabib would be the easiest fight of his career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYeah, I mean it\u2019s an easy fight. He\u2019s already asking to fight Georges St-Pierre in between welterweight and lightweight,\u201d Covington said in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=75anPHT_7mQ\">Submission Radio<\/a> (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/thebodylockmma.com\/ufc\/colby-covington-wants-easy-fight-khabib-nurmagomedov-conor-mcgregor-world-falling-apart\/\">The Body Lock<\/a>). I can make in between welterweight and lightweight because I\u2019m not a big welterweight. It\u2019s going to be more rewarding to smash two of Ali [Abdelaziz]\u2019s biggest clients and just leave him crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe [Khabib] would be my easiest challenge. He\u2019s small and he doesn\u2019t even do what I do as good as I do it. He can\u2019t wrestle as good as me. He\u2019s never faced a high-level Division 1 All-American, a kid who has been wrestling his whole life. That sambo shit, that shit\u2019s weak. If wrestling was easy, it would be called sambo. But it\u2019s not, it\u2019s called wrestling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Chaos&#8217; last fought back at June\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-225\/ufc-225-results-colby-covington-defeats-rafael-dos-anjos-highlights\/\">UFC 225 event, where he defeated Rafael dos Anjos to capture the promotions interim welterweight title<\/a>. <br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nurmagomedov, meanwhile, remains undefeated and last fought at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-229-results-khabib-nurmagomedov-stops-conor-mcgregor-video\/\">UFC 229 where he submitted Conor McGregor in the fourth-round<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is expected that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-will-be-back-in-september\/\">Nurmagomedov will return in September<\/a> where he will most likely take on the winner of Dustin Poirier vs Max Holloway. Meaning, this fight most likely won&#8217;t happen this year, if it ever does come to fruition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you agree with Colby Covington that Khabib Nurmagomedov would be his easiest fight to date? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPenn.com<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 4\/4\/2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Covington is expected to challenge Kamaru Usman for the UFC welterweight title later this year. Although Usman presents his own challenges to Covington, &#8216;Chaos&#8217; is already eyeing his next potential fight. That fight would be against current UFC lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov. 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