Dustin Poirier has no time for Colby Covington.
Since Covington turned his again on his previous health club, American High Workforce (ATT), he is made enemies with seemingly each fighter he used to coach with. By way of venom spat in the direction of these previous pals, Poirier has acquired a lot through the years.
Whereas Covington loves the thought of a battle at Welterweight with the one-time interim Light-weight champion, Poirier does not even wish to look in Covington’s course. Nonetheless, they’d an impromptu encounter lately that won’t have gone as “Chaos” claims it did, in accordance with Poirier.
“I crossed paths with him about three months in the past at NYY Steakhouse in Coconut Creek on line casino,” Covington instructed Submission Radio. “I checked out him eye-to-eye and I stated, ‘What’s up, b*tch? It is on-site? Say one thing. Do one thing,’ and he simply walked out of the restaurant as a result of he is aware of [what would happen].”
“The dude is such a liar,” Poirier instructed MMA Junkie. “I am not even gonna give him the air time. It is a lie.
“We bumped into one another, yeah, that is true,” he continued. “The way in which he stated it went down, is totally not true. He desires you to speak about him.”
Each Poirier and Covington fought for titles of their final fights at Light-weight and Welterweight. Sadly for them, they misplaced. Poirier through fifth spherical brabo choke in opposition to Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 in June 2024 (watch highlights) and Covington through unanimous choice in opposition to Leon Edwards at UFC 296 in Decmeber 2023.
Covington, 36, claims he is been recovering because the battle after he broke his foot within the first alternate of his bout with Edwards. A match up in opposition to Ian Machado Garry regarded prefer it was going to get organized, but it surely by no means materialized.
