{"id":320397,"date":"2019-07-25T10:07:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T17:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=320397"},"modified":"2019-07-25T10:07:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T17:07:32","slug":"colby-covington-questions-robbie-lawlers-longevity-it-doesnt-make-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-questions-robbie-lawlers-longevity-it-doesnt-make-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington questions Robbie Lawler&#8217;s longevity: &#8216;It doesn&#8217;t make sense&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler is seemingly as dangerous today, at 37 years old, as he&#8217;s ever been. Lawler&#8217;s next opponent, Colby Covington, is cognizant of that fact \u2014 and from the sounds of it, he&#8217;s a tad suspicious about it.<\/p>\n<p>Colby Covington commented on Lawler&#8217;s incredible longevity on a recent episode of Submission Radio.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colby Covington Goes Wildly Deep Into Robbie Lawler Feud, Talks Jorge Masvidal, Ben Askren\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rwFZAIJlePc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"r8GgSx\">\u201cI think in his last fight, when he fought Ben Asscream and he left him for dead and he knocked him out in his first round, he looked physically better than he\u2019s looked in his whole entire career,\u201d Covington told said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/7\/25\/8930016\/colby-covington-suspicious-robbie-lawlers-fountain-youth-doesnt-make-sense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cSo, I don\u2019t want to point to science or other things, but you would think at that age he wouldn\u2019t look as good as he looks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"o90u2c\">\u201cI mean, I trained with the guy in his prime, in his early 30s, and you\u2019re gonna tell me in his late 30s he looks better than he\u2019s ever looked his whole entire career?\u201d Covington asked. \u201cAnd this is after he\u2019s taken the most significant strikes in UFC history. This is after all the wars he\u2019s put his body through. And then just all of a sudden he\u2019s just on some super potion and he just looks better than ever? You know, let\u2019s be honest guys, it doesn\u2019t make sense. I\u2019m gonna let the people be the judge of that. But I mean, let\u2019s be honest guys, you don\u2019t just in your late 30s all of a sudden just have a fountain of youth and you\u2019re just stronger and better than you\u2019ve ever been in your whole entire career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colby Covington and Robbie Lawler will collide in the main event of UFC Newark on August 3. If Covington is able to secure an impressive victory against Lawler, he&#8217;s likely to earn himself a shot at reigning UFC welterweight champ Kamaru Usman.<\/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> on 7\/25\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler is seemingly as dangerous today, at 37 years old, as he&#8217;s ever been. Lawler&#8217;s next opponent, Colby Covington, is cognizant of that fact \u2014 and from the sounds of it, he&#8217;s a tad suspicious about it. 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