Covington: UFC was going to cut me until I ...

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Colby Covington spoke recently with Candace Owens and said the UFC had planned to cut him, until he told the crowd at UFC Fight Night 119 in Sao Paulo, Brazil that Brazil was "a dump" and that fans of Demain Maia, who he had just defeated, were "filthy animals".

"I've never told this story before but three fights ago, before I fought the No. 2 guy in the world, this guy named Demian Maia, in Brazil, they had told my manager Dan Lambert that they weren't going to re-sign me," said Covington, as trabscribed by Jed Meshew for MMA Fighting. "They didn't like my style, they didn't like that I wasn't entertaining, and this is before I really started to become an entertainer and really understand the entertainment aspect of this business. So before this fight they told me no matter what happens, I was ranked No. 6 in the world, 'We're not re-signing you. We don't like your character. We don't like your fighting style.' And I'm getting paid $30,000 to go fight the No. 2 guy in the world. After you pay taxes and pay your coaches, you're really going to get like, $5000 or $10,000.
"So I go out there and I beat him up and leave him in a pool of blood in Sao Paulo, Brazil, his home city, and I shoot this promo on the Brazilians and I say, 'You guys are all a bunch of filthy animals and Brazil you're a dump.'... So I go and shoot this promo, and I wasn't supposed to have my job, but that promo goes so viral on the internet, that the UFC's like, 'We have to keep him. We have to re-sign him because that promo is so big.' So that's what saved my career and that was the turning point of my career and the rest has been history."
"When I'm on camera, I'm amping everything up to 110 because this is the show business, entertainment... I'm entertaining. I'm putting on a show for the fans because that's what they want to see. That's what they pay their hard-earned money for, so I've got to give it to them."
So now we have the truth. Or do we?
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Colby Covington challenges welterweight champion Karamu Usman in the main event of UFC 245 on 12/14 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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I don't know why he's playing the victim card before Usman makes him one.

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The more I see Usman other fights the more I get worried for Colby. Usman seems almost invincible like a terminator or something 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdAegIHxxJQ

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God Of Thunder -

The more I see Usman other fights the more I get worried for Colby. Usman seems almost invincible like a terminator or something 

Colby looked better beating rda and Maia than Usman did. And Usman got them after Colby had already took their souls. And Usman looked like shit against Emil meek. U should be worried about Usman not Colby. 

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Colby is the fake dickhead

usman is the fake nice guy

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SandBlaster - 
God Of Thunder -

The more I see Usman other fights the more I get worried for Colby. Usman seems almost invincible like a terminator or something 

Colby looked better beating rda and Maia than Usman did. And Usman got them after Colby had already took their souls. And Usman looked like shit against Emil meek. U should be worried about Usman not Colby. 

Usman is a king of humping someone. There is no doubt he will try to bring this to that domain where he wants to chip away at his opponnt.

Colby though has far better striking and it starts further out and continues in.

I think Colby has the wrestling to deal with Usman but then, I though Woodly did too.

Colby has the higher output of striking though and doesn't look for the single shot tko.

I think this fight is going to be great.

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God Of Thunder - 

The more I see Usman other fights the more I get worried for Colby. Usman seems almost invincible like a terminator or something 

I watched Colby/RDA and Usman/Woodley back to back yesterday.

I felt Colby could cause a lot of issues for Usman.

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It's all an act because everything he says and does is contrived but it's based on him. He just let out his inner douchebag and amplified it.

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Colby is the fake dickhead

usman is the fake nice guy

Very well put...

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Jon Jones vs Thiago Santos, Overeem vs Rozenstruik, Corey Anderson vs Johnny Walker. All those fights produced compelling performances, yet none of those fighters had to insult any of their opponents or mock their places of birth, or call them animals.

You don't have to be a pathetic desperate for attention douchebag to be an entertaining fighter.

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We're there people who honestly believed Colby is as much of a jerk as he proports to be? 

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Jon Jones vs Thiago Santos, Overeem vs Rozenstruik, Corey Anderson vs Johnny Walker. All those fights produced compelling performances, yet none of those fighters had to insult any of their opponents or mock their places of birth, or call them animals.

You don't have to be a pathetic desperate for attention douchebag to be an entertaining fighter.

Well, if he's being truthful about the situation, it sounds like he did. Also, how many of those guys you've named got a title fight? 2? 

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Male grandma's.

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Whole interview is good.  I'm turning into a Colby fan lol.  Usman still gonna win.

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SandBlaster - 
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The more I see Usman other fights the more I get worried for Colby. Usman seems almost invincible like a terminator or something 

Colby looked better beating rda and Maia than Usman did. And Usman got them after Colby had already took their souls. And Usman looked like shit against Emil meek. U should be worried about Usman not Colby. 

Usman is a king of humping someone. There is no doubt he will try to bring this to that domain where he wants to chip away at his opponnt.

Colby though has far better striking and it starts further out and continues in.

I think Colby has the wrestling to deal with Usman but then, I though Woodly did too.

Colby has the higher output of striking though and doesn't look for the single shot tko.

I think this fight is going to be great.

I agree with this breakdown. It will go the full 5 rounds, with Usman losing via volume. 

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Colby gonna work Usman. He's better everywhere technique wise. Usman's only advantage is strength. Not gonna be enough. Colby by 5 rounds of pure attrition. 

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Neither one of these gay fighters will get tired, so you can throw that argument out the window. 

These two fags will hump each to the delight of some.

I can't cheer for a guy that took on a fake storyline to get attention.

I'm not a fan of the Usman either. Good thing they put some other good fights on the card.

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Colby gonna work Usman. He's better everywhere technique wise. Usman's only advantage is strength. Not gonna be enough. Colby by 5 rounds of pure attrition. 

Usman has that steroid muscle like all the other nfl and nba athletes. It's gonna be tough to deal with. Hopefully all this muscle gasses out Marty Fake newsman 

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