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Colby Covington believes he beat Kamaru Usman twice and thus has expressed interested in fighting ‘cardio kickboxer’ Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n

Covington is coming off a decision win over Jorge Masvidal at UFC 272 and after the event, Chael Sonnen said he thought ‘Chaos’ vs. Adesanya made sense<\/a>. For Covington, he says he would take that fight as he knows ‘The Last Stylebender’ doesn’t have many options. It’s also a scrap that makes sense given Covington says he’s 2-0 against Adesanya’s friend in Usman.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I can definitely go up to 185 and fight Adesanya. But I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s gonna turn around like that. But he doesn\u2019t have a dance partner right now,” Covington said to Submission Radio<\/a>. “I mean, some of the guys they\u2019re trying to line him up with, it\u2019s unoriginal. Why can Usman fight him and all the fans want that, but the guy that beat Usman, I beat Usman. I beat Usman twice. Usman sucks, dude. Everybody knew in Madison Square Garden I won those last three rounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an easy win for me, easy decision victory. Unanimous. So, why can\u2019t I fight Adesanya? He can\u2019t stop my wrestling,” Covington continued. “I\u2019ll pick him up and drop him on his f*cking head. He\u2019s a cardio kickboxer. They got enough cardio kickboxers in women\u2019s classes around the U.S. Like, I could go join one of those as well, but I decided to pick up hard grueling American wrestling. So, I don\u2019t think Adesanya could stop my American wrestling, and I don\u2019t think he\u2019s that good a fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Kamaru<\/p>\n

According to Colby Covington, he says he doesn’t cut any weight to get down to 170 but would be open to taking some fights at middleweight. The plan for ‘Chaos’ is to make the biggest fights possible which is why he would go to middleweight to fight Adesanya.<\/p>\n

Should the UFC book Covington vs. Israel Adesanya, ‘Chaos’ believes his wrestling and pressure would melt the middleweight champ.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to give the fans the biggest fight possible. So, I don\u2019t cut weight to go to 170, so I\u2019m not gonna go up to 185 and make it a full-time home. But I\u2019m waiting for the big fights to present themselves,” Covington said. “And the two biggest fights in my mind, go beat up Adesanya, the guy who just has cardio kickboxing, he\u2019s not that good of a fighter, he\u2019s not well-rounded, he can\u2019t stop my American wrestling. I\u2019ll melt that guy. He\u2019ll a hundred percent melt under my pressure and my pace.”<\/p>\n

Would you like to see Colby Covington vs. Israel Adesanya?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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