{"id":352203,"date":"2020-06-04T09:32:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=352203"},"modified":"2020-06-04T09:32:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T16:32:21","slug":"colby-covington-ready-to-play-ball-with-ufc-as-contract-nears-conclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-ready-to-play-ball-with-ufc-as-contract-nears-conclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington ready to &#8220;play ball&#8221; with UFC as contract nears conclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Polarizing UFC welterweight star Colby Covington has just two fights remaining on his current UFC contract.<\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;ve seen many fighters part ways with the UFC over the years, Covington is eager to stay with the promotion, as he believes UFC championships are taken more seriously than championships in other promotions.<\/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>&#8220;I want to be a UFC fighter,&#8221; Covington said on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3O61Yp0KVzM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submission Radio<\/a> recently. &#8220;I love being a UFC fighter. Everybody knows this is the pinnacle of the sport, this is the mecca, the UFC. And being in the UFC, I can prove truly I\u2019m the greatest welterweight in the world. If I go somewhere else and win a title, people aren\u2019t gonna give me the credit. I mean, I don\u2019t get the credit as it is anyways. Everybody wants to downplay everything I\u2019ve done and act like I\u2019ve never done anything because they\u2019re just all so in their feelings and these are just liberal cucks, but at the end of the day, I\u2019m here to be the greatest in the world and I\u2019m gonna fight the greatest in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not scared like <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-threatens-to-concuss-masvidal-in-street-fight-hes-never-gonna-be-the-same-person-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judas Masvidal<\/a>,&#8221; Covington added. &#8220;I\u2019m not running from the hard fights, I\u2019m looking for the hardest fights. I\u2019m looking for the challenges of the people that think they can beat me. So, I wanna be in the UFC forever. I would love to retire in the UFC, be in the Hall of Fame, do the whole spiel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Covington hopes to ink a new deal with the UFC, it&#8217;s difficult to ignore the fact that he&#8217;s publicly butted heads with the promotion&#8217;s decision-makers\u2014most notably Dana White\u2014in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his previous issues with White, he says he&#8217;s ready to sit down and &#8220;play ball&#8221; when the time comes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course me and UFC have had a tumultuous relationship, but it can be fixed easily,&#8221; Covington said. &#8220;I\u2019m ready to play ball. All they have to do is give me the ball and all I\u2019m gonna do is go in and score a touchdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Colby Covington will re-sign with the UFC?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polarizing UFC welterweight star Colby Covington has just two fights remaining on his current UFC contract. 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