{"id":352123,"date":"2020-06-03T09:59:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T16:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=352123"},"modified":"2020-06-03T10:17:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T17:17:08","slug":"colby-covington-challenges-dustin-poirier-to-grudge-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-challenges-dustin-poirier-to-grudge-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington challenges Dustin Poirier to grudge match in the Octagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top UFC welterweight Colby Covington is prepared to settle his differences with his former American Top Team stablemate Dustin Poirier in the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>For many years, Covington and Poirier were training partners at ATT in Coconut Creek, Florida. Gradually, however, their relationship soured\u2014largely due to Covington&#8217;s unbridled trash talk.<\/p>\n<p>Covington recently parted ways with ATT, and is now inviting Poirier to meet him in the Octagon to settle their beef.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colby Covington on Woodley&#039;s Loss, Jorge Masvidal, ATT Split, Calls Out Dustin Poirier\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3O61Yp0KVzM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;There\u2019s only two fights to make in the welterweight division, that\u2019s me versus Marty Fakenewsman or me versus street Judas Masvidal,&#8221; Covington said on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3O61Yp0KVzM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submission Radio<\/a> recently, outlining the options for his next fight. &#8220;And if they can\u2019t do that, what about Dustin Poirier? He was telling all the nerds in the media, &#8216;oh, next time I see Colby, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dustin-poirier-tells-colby-covington-its-on-sight-if-they-cross-paths-at-att\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it\u2019s on sight.&#8217;<\/a> It\u2019s on sight, motherfucker? Let\u2019s go meet in the Octagon then. I\u2019ll paint your blood on the canvas just like a modern-day Picasso.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Doofus Dustin, he needs to man up for his word. His word was, \u2018oh, I\u2019m gonna fight Colby on sight\u2019. I\u2019ve seen that guy multiple times. He didn\u2019t even try and fight me cause he knows what happens if he tries to fight me, he\u2019s gonna get put down real quick. He\u2019ll never be able to look at his daughter the same again, and his wife will probably divorce him cause he\u2019s gonna be ugly as f**k after I\u2019m done with his face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Covington previously issued an apology to Dustin Poirier for his trash talk, but now claims that was only to soothe ATT owner Dan Lambert. Now that he&#8217;s left the gym, he&#8217;s no longer hiding his true feelings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was when I was under the rules of a gym,&#8221; Covington said. &#8220;I was respecting the rules and I made promises. And everybody knows I\u2019m promises made, promises kept. And I respected Dan Lambert and I didn\u2019t want to put him in that position. But guess what, guys? Now we\u2019re at Colby Covington Incorporated CCI, and we do whatever we want. There\u2019s no feelings. This isn\u2019t the Ultimate Feeling Championship, it\u2019s the Ultimate Fighting Championship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see Dustin Poirier and Colby Covington settle their differences in the Octagon?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top UFC welterweight Colby Covington is prepared to settle his differences with his former American Top Team stablemate Dustin Poirier in the Octagon. For many years, Covington and Poirier were training partners at ATT in Coconut Creek, Florida. Gradually, however, their relationship soured\u2014largely due to Covington&#8217;s unbridled trash talk. 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