{"id":376548,"date":"2021-02-16T06:41:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T14:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=376548"},"modified":"2021-02-16T06:41:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T14:41:54","slug":"colby-covington-responds-to-rumored-leon-edwards-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-responds-to-rumored-leon-edwards-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington responds to rumored Leon Edwards fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Covington has responded to the rumors about a potential welterweight contender fight with Leon Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards was slated to return to the cage against unranked prospect Khamzat Chimaev in the main event of a card on March 13. Regrettably, Chimaev was forced out of the fight due to health issues stemming from a previous COVID-19 infection, leaving Edwards without an opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly thereafter, UFC President Dana White <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-vs-leon-edwards-fight-in-discussion-per-dana-white\/\">revealed<\/a> that the promotion was considering a potential fight between Edwards and Covington. Covington, however, doesn&#8217;t seem interested in the matchup.<\/p>\n<p>He responded to rumors of a fight with Edwards on the latest episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xQ68IeXhMGk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colby Covington Reacts to UFC 258, Responds to Leon Edwards Fight, Rips Kamaru Usman, Jorge Masvidal\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xQ68IeXhMGk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"MPcVpy\">\u201cLeon (Edwards) hasn\u2019t earned anything, boys,&#8221; Covington said. &#8220;I\u2019m in the Colby Covington Incorporated championship business, I\u2019m not in the Leon Scott charity business. This isn\u2019t charity hour, man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Edwards hasn&#8217;t fought since July, 2019, when he defeated former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, having been sidelined by a range of unfortunate developments since then\u2014most notably the travel restrictions associated with coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m fighting at the top of the mountain, I\u2019m fighting the best in the world,&#8221; Covington continued. &#8220;It\u2019s not my fault this kid [Edwards] hasn\u2019t fought in two years. It\u2019s not my fault this kid \u2013 there\u2019s people from England fighting all the time in the pandemic, they\u2019re not scared to fight. So, I\u2019m not doing charity for this guy who hasn\u2019t fought in two years. He\u2019s irrelevant, he\u2019s beat a bunch of bums, and I\u2019m not doing charity. This isn\u2019t charity hour, this is f*cking championship f*cking pay-per-view hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colby Covington is currently riding a victory over former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. That win separated him from a fifth-round TKO loss in a welterweight title fight with undisputed champion<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-reacts-to-kamaru-usmans-win-over-gilbert-burns-at-ufc-258\/\"> Kamaru Usman.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Covington fight next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Covington has responded to the rumors about a potential welterweight contender fight with Leon Edwards. Edwards was slated to return to the cage against unranked prospect Khamzat Chimaev in the main event of a card on March 13. 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