{"id":344867,"date":"2020-03-19T07:25:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T14:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=344867"},"modified":"2020-03-19T07:25:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T14:25:23","slug":"colby-covington-moves-on-from-woodley-wants-rematch-with-kamaru-usman-following-fake-fight-at-ufc-245","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-moves-on-from-woodley-wants-rematch-with-kamaru-usman-following-fake-fight-at-ufc-245\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington moves on from Woodley, wants rematch with Kamaru Usman following &#8216;fake fight&#8217; at UFC 245"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Covington has moved on from his plan to fight Tyron Woodley on short notice in favor of a rematch with Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n<p>Covington, who was beaten by Usman back at UFC 245, was hoping to replace Leon Edwards on short notice in order to go head to head with long-time rival Woodley this weekend. Alas, the UFC couldn&#8217;t quite get it done, and now, &#8220;Chaos&#8221; has decided that he wants to try and avenge his loss to &#8220;The Nigerian Nightmare&#8221; with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>The two men went to war in Las Vegas in what many considered to be one of the best fights of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m most interested in my rematch with \u2018Marty Fakenewsman,&#8217;\u201d Covington told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/03\/colby-covington-done-with-tyron-woodley-wants-kamaru-usman-rematch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>. \u201cWe have unfinished business. I mean, that was a fake fight, there was fake fouls called, and there was a fake ref who did a fake stoppage, so you can go back and look at the tapes of my last fight. I was beating \u2018Marty Fakenewsman\u2019 for 24 minutes until Marc Goddard saved his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just going to depend on what happens with \u2018Marty Fakenewsman,&#8217;\u201d Covington added. \u201cI honestly don\u2019t think \u2018Journeyman\u2019 Jorge Masvidal, aka \u2018Street Judas,\u2019 is going to fight \u2018Marty,\u2019 so if \u2018Journeyman\u2019 Jorge doesn\u2019t fight \u2018Marty,\u2019 then who else is left for him? It\u2019s got to be me and my rematch. This is (expletive). I beat him that fight, and they robbed me. It was clear corruption. It was clear that Marc Goddard was paid off, and we need a level playing field and see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to chase Tyron Woodley anymore. I was willing to step up to beat his ass in front of the world. I\u2019m not begging and I\u2019m not chasing him anymore. I already know he\u2019s going to run from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Colby Covington fight next?<\/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>\u00a0on 3\/19\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Covington has moved on from his plan to fight Tyron Woodley on short notice in favor of a rematch with Kamaru Usman. Covington, who was beaten by Usman back at UFC 245, was hoping to replace Leon Edwards on short notice in order to go head to head with long-time rival Woodley this weekend. 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