Colby Covington continues his hate campaign against Dustin Poirier by saying he was a “quitter” at UFC 269.
There is no love lost between former American Top Team teammates Poirier (28-7) and Covington (16-3). With “Chaos” no longer associated with the gym, he has taken shots at many of his former ATT brethren over the last year. Including Poirier and former bestie Jorge Masvidal.
Never one to pass up an opportunity to slam his old pals, the former welterweight title challenger continued his campaign of shade in a recent interview for the Helen Yee Sports YouTube channel. During the conversation, Covington was asked about “Diamond’s” failed bid to dethrone UFC lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira, this past Saturday. And if he was at all surprised that the Louisiana native was submitted for a second straight time in a title fight.
Colby Covington calls Dustin Poirier a ‘quitter’ and coach Mike Brown a ‘drug addict’
In his response, Covington took some harsh shots at Poirier, his coach Mike Brown, and the inner fortitude of the former interim lightweight champion.
“No, I wasn’t surprised by the outcome. I know deep down inside Dustin’s a crybaby. He’s a quitter. He used to quit in the gym. I remember I’d go one round with him and just make him quit. He’d go crying to his drug addict coach Mike Brown. ‘I can’t beat Colby,’ then I’d finish with Jorge the next round. Finish him, [beat them] back-to-back. I just remember how much of a quitter Dustin was. ‘Oh, this is too hard, I don’t want to train, I don’t want to do this.’ He just likes to train in his comfort zone,” Covington said.
“He brings in amateurs so he can spar and knock out these amateurs and feel like he’s some big tough guy because he’s just a gym boy. That’s all Dustin ‘Soyrier’ is. He brings in these big guys, he wants to act like he’s the sh*t but deep down inside you can’t replace the fact that you’re a quitter,” he added. “That’s what I figured he’d do. He put his head on the mat, he quit, he gave up the choke, [and] won the world MMA award for tap of the year.”
Poirier and Covington — following his UFC 268 title fight loss to Kamaru Usman — don’t have an open Octagon dance card. Although Nate Diaz and Poirier have recently bantered back and forth on Twitter about a matchup in January, Covington believes he should be the next in line for the 32-year-old. Believing Poirier needs to “defend” his family and back up the trash talk he hurled Covington’s way recently.
“I think I should be next. He said some things recklessly in the media; it’s on-site, you know? When you go out there and say these words, you try to get the street cred and act like you’re some bada** fighter and you’re the best in the world then you need to back up those words,” he said. “If you’re a man of your words you’re gonna come out here and defend your family. You’re gonna defend that jezzabelle of a wife you have. You’re gonna defend that little kid that’s a prop.”
Since the setback to Oliveira on Saturday night, Poirier has suggested a move up to welterweight is likely whenever he does decide to return to the Octagon.
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