December 17, 2024 10:30 am ET
Welterweight champion Belal Muhammad reveled in watching Colby Covington take a beating at UFC on ESPN 63.
Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) suffered a third-round doctor stoppage TKO loss to Joaquin Buckley (21-6 MMA, 11-4 UFC) on this previous Saturday’s fundamental occasion at Amalie Area in Tampa, Fla. The physician known as off the battle with seconds remaining in Spherical 3 after a laceration on Covington’s right eyelid bled profusely.
Given their historical past of trash speak, it ought to come as no shock that Muhammad loved watching Covington take a lot harm.
”It felt so good simply to observe him bleed and undergo,” Muhammad advised MMA on SiriusXM. “I used to be simply hoping that the physician would let it go just a little bit extra as a result of now you open the door for Colby to make excuses. He’s already popping out with excuses. Bro, you’re actually getting pieced up in each manner you may get pieced up. You have been shedding the grappling, you have been shedding the hanging, you have been shedding the kickboxing, you even lost the walkout since you ripped your shirt earlier than you even received on the market, so that you seemed silly doing that.
“As soon as folks notice he’s not what folks thought he was – they put him on this pedestal of, ‘Oh, man, he’s the cardio king. He’s this, he’s that.’ These new guys now, the place we’re finding out, we’re seeing stuff. He’s not throwing something at you to make you are concerned. He can throw his pity patty freaking punches, after which he takes his silly shot and pushes to the fence and tries to take you down. However there are higher athletes now, there are higher guys, smarter guys now which are seeing all these things.” Muhammad thinks Covington’s time on the high of the welterweight ladder is finished.
“I believe now that one particular person realizes, wait, this child actually does suck, he doesn’t belong within the high 5 within the UFC,” Muhammad mentioned. “I don’t suppose he’ll beat anyone within the high 10 within the UFC. Now he’s realized the sport has handed him by, and he wants to determine what’s subsequent. Possibly he’ll have one huge battle in opposition to any individual, possibly, however there’s not lots left for him.”
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