Colby Covington known as within the massive weapons to assist him promote his combat this weekend.
On Saturday, UFC Tampa goes down from the Amalie Enviornment, headlined by Covington taking up Joaquin Buckley in a top-10 welterweight contest. On Friday morning, each essential occasion fighters efficiently made weight, however for the ceremonial weigh-ins within the afternoon, Covington had one thing particular deliberate, calling in UFC Corridor of Famer Chael Sonnen to do the speaking for him.
After going through off with Buckley for the ultimate time, UFC commentator Brendan Fitzgerald tried to get one final quote from the previous interim champion, however Covington deferred to Sonnen, who reduce a classic promo.
“I got here to inform you, if you’re the best fighter on this planet in the present day, they’ve acquired a reputation for you,” Sonnen mentioned. “They don’t name you an important fighter, they name you ‘Chaos’ Covington, solely within the octagon, 10 ET, 7 PT, and solely on ESPN.”
Sonnen is likely one of the biggest trash talkers in UFC historical past, blurring the traces between MMA {and professional} wrestling together with his post-fight promos and mic work. He was inducted into the UFC Corridor of Fame earlier this 12 months for his legendary combat with Anderson Silva at UFC 117.
For his half, Buckley additionally did his greatest to hype the combat, promising to finish Covington’s profession on Saturday.
“On the finish of the day, this dude’s been quiet,” Buckley mentioned. “He performs a personality, and now he desires to be tender with it. So on the finish of the day, we’re going to exit in that cage and retire this man and ship his ass off to Twitch.”
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