{"id":353506,"date":"2020-06-17T11:08:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T18:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=353506"},"modified":"2020-06-17T11:08:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T18:08:38","slug":"dana-white-discusses-delay-booking-colby-covingtons-next-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-discusses-delay-booking-colby-covingtons-next-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White discusses delay booking Colby Covington&#8217;s next fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White has shed some light on the difficulties he&#8217;s had getting former welterweight title challenger Colby Covington back into the cage.<\/p>\n<p>Covington has not competed since he challenged Kamaru Usman for the welterweight strap back in December\u2014a fight he lost by fifth-round TKO.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Covington has expressed interest in fights with Tyron Woodley and Jorge Masvidal, and in a rematch with Usman.<\/p>\n<p>As of yet, however, the outspoken welterweight is still without a fight.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KZWMrd3KoUg?t=1390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Schmozone<\/a> with The Schmo and Helen Yee, White opened up on the stalled negotiations for the next Colby Covington appearance. He implied that while Covington has given the impression that he&#8217;s wiling to fight in public, he&#8217;s been more difficult to deal with behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Schmozone Podcast 020: Dana White Unfiltered Fighting Chaos\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KZWMrd3KoUg?start=1390&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I told you, you hear a lot of things publicly, but then you see the reality, whether the fights happen or not,&#8221; White said of Covington. &#8220;You get a lot of chatter and a lot of noise, but one of things you should know by now about me is that guys have deals, I try to get fights done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>White continued, comparing Covington other fighters he claims were difficult to work with, such as Brock Lesnar and Tito Ortiz.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve dealt with the toughest guys in the business from the Brock Lesnar&#8217;s to the Tito Ortiz&#8217;s,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You name it. The guys that are the tough ones deal with, and I&#8217;ve always gotten fights done. So, when you see someone talking publicly and the fight doesn&#8217;t happen&#8230; &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Covington doesn&#8217;t currently have a fight booked, Woodley recently claimed he accepted a fight with his long-time rival. As of yet, it&#8217;s not clear if Covington has accepted this offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey offered me that fight, I told them I\u2019m in. I mean, I just don\u2019t want to talk a lot about Colby because Colby is an actor, man. I know what he is doing and it makes sense and it\u2019s kind of fun to watch,\u201d Woodley told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8XguJphepIM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a>. \u201cBut, at the end of the day,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/team-woodley-announces-they-have-agreed-to-terms-with-ufc-for-a-fight-with-colby-covington\/\">Colby has turned me down five or six times<\/a>. After losing two fights back-to-back it may be a time he may accept it because he may think I\u2019m down and out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Covington fight next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White has shed some light on the difficulties he&#8217;s had getting former welterweight title challenger Colby Covington back into the cage. 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