March 25, 2025 3:30 pm ET
Colby Covington sees Belal Muhammad vs. Jack Della Maddalena doing low numbers at UFC 315.
Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) defends his welterweight title in opposition to Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) within the Could 10 foremost occasion (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) took purpose on the star energy of each headliners.
“I see that bout actually boring the followers,” Covington mentioned in an interview with Tim Welch. “I really feel unhealthy for the followers that that’s what they get for a title combat. That’s simply piss poor, and two losers within the sport that don’t draw flies to sh*t.”
Covington is not within the title image after back-to-back losses to Leon Edwards and Joaquin Buckley. He’s not wanting choices with the likes of Themba Gorimbo, Michael Chiesa, and Michael Web page calling him out, however the former interim welterweight champion is simply eyeing huge fights.
“Anyone that has that huge identify (is who I need subsequent),” Covington mentioned. “Large fights, wherever the largest and greatest fights that I can get carried out for the UFC, that’s what I need to do. We’ve obtained to see how issues are going. There are a few individuals who have been operating my identify via their mouths, to allow them to get their mouth shut for positive. However I’ve obtained to see what the UFC needs to do.
“I need legacy fights, huge fights, former champions, huge, high-level fights – not guys which can be simply developing and simply beginning to construct their identify as a result of I’ve been right here, I’ve carried out that, I’m a world champion. It doesn’t matter what my rating is. I’m the champion of the division. I’m the largest draw, and I’m the largest star within the division. So anytime I combat, it’s a championship combat.”
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