{"id":388581,"date":"2021-06-23T08:28:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T15:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=388581"},"modified":"2021-06-23T08:28:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T15:28:57","slug":"colby-covington-slams-welterweight-joke-stephen-thompson-he-should-probably-just-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-slams-welterweight-joke-stephen-thompson-he-should-probably-just-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington slams welterweight \u201cjoke\u201d Stephen Thompson: \u201cHe should probably just retire\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC welterweight Colby Covington slammed divisional rival Stephen Thompson, calling him a “joke” and saying \u201che should probably just retire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Covington is set to face UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in a rematch later this year for the 170lbs gold, but Thompson is hopeful that he will jump past Covington in the title queue with a win over Gilbert Burns at UFC 264 next month<\/a>. As the highest-ranked fighter who hasn’t fought Usman yet, Thompson believes that a big win over Burns could help him jump past Covington and Leon Edwards when it comes to the title shot order.<\/p>\n

If you ask Covington, however, Thompson shouldn’t be anywhere near a title shot right now. Speaking to MMAFighting.com<\/a>‘s Mike Heck, Covington trashed Thompson, calling him a “joke” and suggesting that he doesn’t deserve a title shot against Usman because he already lost to Tyron Woodley in the past. In fact, Covington is now suggesting that Thompson retire from the sport despite being one of the top-five ranked welterweights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guy is a joke. He thinks he\u2019s cool with his karate. He\u2019s not a well-rounded fighter and he doesn\u2019t deserve anything. He\u2019s already had his title shots. He doesn\u2019t deserve anything. Honestly, he should probably just retire,” Covington said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s gonna get hurt, for sure. He\u2019s gonna come back for a paycheck, and these guys don\u2019t know when to leave. You\u2019ve got to know when it\u2019s your time to hang it up. Your time has passed, you\u2019re gonna get really hurt if you want to stay in this. But some guys want to take a paycheck to ruin their health.\u201d<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see if Thompson responds to these choice comments from “Chaos” or if he just chalks it up to another instance of Covington trying to get under his skin.<\/p>\n

How do you think a matchup between Colby Covington and Stephen Thompson would go?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC welterweight Colby Covington slammed divisional rival Stephen Thompson, calling him a “joke” and saying \u201che should probably just retire.\u201d Covington is set to face UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in a rematch later this year for the 170lbs gold, but Thompson is hopeful that he will jump past Covington in the title queue with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":274380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[22188,10132,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nColby Covington slams welterweight \u201cjoke\u201d Stephen Thompson: \u201cHe should probably just retire\u201d | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC welterweight Colby Covington slammed divisional rival Stephen Thompson, calling him a "joke" and saying \u201che should probably just retire.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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