{"id":386595,"date":"2021-05-29T16:44:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T23:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=386595"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:21:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:21:46","slug":"alex-volkanovski-trashes-colby-covington-over-his-tuf-29-coaching-remarks-you-literally-play-a-character-to-stay-relevant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alex-volkanovski-trashes-colby-covington-over-his-tuf-29-coaching-remarks-you-literally-play-a-character-to-stay-relevant\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Volkanovski trashes Colby Covington over his TUF 29 coaching remarks: “You literally play a character to stay relevant.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski did not hold back while responding to Colby Covington’s remarks about his TUF 29 coaching gig.<\/p>\n

Prior to Volkanovski and Brian Ortega being announced as the coaches of the new season of The Ultimate Fighter, rumors were swirling that Colby Covington could be a part of TUF 29.<\/p>\n

Those previous reports had insinuated that \u2018Chaos\u2019 would be matched opposite former friend turned bitter rival Jorge Masvidal<\/a> in the TUF coaching roles.<\/p>\n

\"Jorge<\/p>\n

Unfortunately a deal for Masvidal and Covington to coach TUF 29 never came to fruition and thus the\u00a0promotion<\/a>\u00a0moved to Brian Ortega and Alex Volkanovski to fill that void.<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0recent interview<\/a>\u00a0with MMA journalist James Lynch, Colby Covington opened up on the UFC\u2019s \u201cmockery<\/a>\u201d of a decision stating the following.<\/p>\n

\u201cYikes. I know Hunter Campbell and Dana White probably had to go behind closed doors and be smacking themselves in the head because you don\u2019t want those two guys as your coaches as your comeback season of The Ultimate Fighter,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Covington said.\u00a0\u201cThose guys (Brian Ortega and Alex Volkanovski) are going to make a complete mockery of the show. There\u2019s just no entertainment factor there. Those guys, yeah, they\u2019re decent fighters for the little weights, for the little midgets, but they don\u2019t sell. There\u2019s no controversy, there\u2019s no drama, there\u2019s nothing. There\u2019s no storyline. So I feel bad for the show. I wish I could have came back to the show and give the people what they want.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Covington\u2019s comments clearly did not sit well with Alex Volkanovski, as the reigning UFC featherweight champion fired back with the following on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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@ColbyCovMMA<\/a> why you mad? Just take a fight already you little bitch. You literally play a character to stay relevant.<\/p>\n

— Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) May 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n