{"id":321408,"date":"2019-08-04T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T22:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=321408"},"modified":"2019-08-04T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T22:11:15","slug":"colby-covington-explains-why-he-mocked-matt-hughes-following-win-over-robbie-lawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-explains-why-he-mocked-matt-hughes-following-win-over-robbie-lawler\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington explains why he mocked Matt Hughes following win over Robbie Lawler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colby Covington made some controversial comments about Matt Hughes following his victory over Robbie Lawler at UFC Newark.<\/p>\n

After dominating \u2018Ruthless<\/a>\u2019 for twenty-five straight minutes inside of the Octagon<\/a>, Covington mocked Robbie\u2019s longtime friend and training partner Matt Hughes in his post-fight speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s talk about the lesson we learned here tonight. It\u2019s a lesson Robbie Lawler should have learned from Matt Hughes. You stay off the track when the train is coming through. Doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s the Trump train or the Colby train, stay out the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those who don\u2019t remember, Hughes was seriously injured during a train accident in June of 2017. That collision left the UFC Hall of Famer with head trauma and lifelong injuries.<\/p>\n

With that being said, many fans and analysts did not take well to the comments made by Colby Covington in his post-victory interview.<\/p>\n

\u2018Chaos\u2019 responded to his critics, which he dubbed \u2018Snowflakes\u2019, in a recent interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot at all,\u201d Colby Covington said when asked if he felt his comments were out of line. \u201cDid I say something that was offensive? The guy\u2019s done some pretty crappy stuff, he\u2019s got lawsuits against his family, against his brother, I just said the truth, I\u2019m honest. I\u2019m a little bit brutally honest sometimes and people can\u2019t handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n

With his dominant victory over Robbie Lawler, Colby Covington ha now secured himself the next welterweight title shot against reigning division champion Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n

Covington has now won seven fights in a row, and is 15-1 overall.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kamaru Usman has won fourteen straight bouts, his latest being a dominant decision victory over Tyron Woodley in which he captured the promotions coveted welterweight strap.<\/p>\n

Do you think Colby Covington will be able to dethrone \u2018The Nigerian Nightmare\u2019 this fall? Sound off in the comments section Penn Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on bjpenn.com August 4, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colby Covington made some controversial comments about Matt Hughes following his victory over Robbie Lawler at UFC Newark. After dominating \u2018Ruthless\u2019 for twenty-five straight minutes inside of the Octagon, Covington mocked Robbie\u2019s longtime friend and training partner Matt Hughes in his post-fight speech. \u201cLet\u2019s talk about the lesson we learned here tonight. 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