{"id":361758,"date":"2020-09-20T07:55:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T14:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=361758"},"modified":"2020-09-20T07:55:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T14:55:30","slug":"colby-covington-unleashed-some-controversial-comments-during-heated-on-air-spat-with-kamaru-usman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-unleashed-some-controversial-comments-during-heated-on-air-spat-with-kamaru-usman\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington unleashed some controversial comments during heated on-air spat with Kamaru Usman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight Colby Covington unleashed some controversial comments during a heated exchange with UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-slams-communist-tyron-wooldey-following-ufc-vegas-11\/\">Following Covington&#8217;s win over Tyron Woodley at UFC Vegas 11<\/a>, he received a phone call from United States President Donald Trump congratulating him on his victory. Usman was part of the UFC on ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/1307533718408450049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post-fight show<\/a> and after taking the call from Trump, Covington got into it with his rival, spewing several insults along the way.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colby and Kamaru during the Post Fight Show. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xtKpaTfTrS\">pic.twitter.com\/xtKpaTfTrS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/1307533718408450049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho did you get a call from? Did you get a call from, freaking, your little tribe? Did they give you some smoke signals for you? (laughs) You\u2019re a joke Marty Fake Newsman,&#8221; Covington said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2020\/9\/20\/21447363\/colby-covington-spews-blatant-racist-insults-during-spat-with-ufc-champ-kamaru-usman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BloodyElbow<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In response, Usman said, \u201cI finished you. I broke your face. I broke your face,\u201d referring to the pair&#8217;s bout at UFC 245 last December where Usman won.<\/p>\n<p>Usman and Covington could absolutely rematch at some point, but it won&#8217;t be happening anytime soon because Usman is set to take on Gilbert Burns in his next title defense. For Covington, he likely needs one more win over a top fighter to get his rematch with Usman. A fight against someone like Jorge Masvidal makes sense next for Covington&#8217;s next fight as he looks to get another crack at the welterweight title.<\/p>\n<p>There is clearly no love lost between Usman and Covington. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kamaru-usman\/marc-goddard-responds-after-colby-covington-calls-him-a-fake-ref\/\">The two rivals had an epic fight at UFC 245 which saw Covington get stopped by strikes in the fifth round after what he feels was a quick stoppage by referee Marc Goddard<\/a>. They have been talking about a rematch in the nine months since their first encounter, but Covington wasn&#8217;t active during that time and other contenders like Burns emerged. Burns is next, but knowing how often injuries happen in this sport, Covington should be on standby.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see a rematch between Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight Colby Covington unleashed some controversial comments during a heated exchange with UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. Following Covington&#8217;s win over Tyron Woodley at UFC Vegas 11, he received a phone call from United States President Donald Trump congratulating him on his victory. 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