UFC athlete Joaquin Buckley will get an opportunity to face former top-ranked welterweight ‘Chaos’ Colby Covington in a UFC Struggle Night time essential occasion on December 14. The US-born ‘New Mansa’ Buckley says that Covington wanted to take this match to assist construct again his checking account.
Joaquin Buckley says that Colby Covington is Broke
Joaquin Buckley has been on a powerful run since transferring right down to the welterweight division. He’s at the moment undefeated at 170 kilos, with a 4-0 report on this weight class. Joaquin Buckley has made waves within the division with notable victories over high contenders like Vicente Luque and former title challenger Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson.
After a year-long absence, former interim champion Colby Covington will likely be stepping again into the octagon. His final battle was in December 2023, when he misplaced to Leon Edwards in a title bout. ‘Chaos’ is greatest identified for his mouth, not a lot for his fights. He’s been comparatively inactive currently, having fought solely 5 instances since December 2019.
‘New Mansa’ Joaquin Buckley mentioned that Covington would nonetheless be inactive if he hadn’t spent all of his cash. In an interview with James Lynch, Buckley defined:
“If you happen to’re on the market spending your cash on females, promo movies, and hanging with TikTokers and different entertainers, cash runs dry. I really feel like, financially, he most likely needed to take this battle. I don’t assume the UFC compelled him, although.”
In current social media posts, Covington was filmed hanging out with influencers Kaz Sawyer and Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, plus rapper Lil Pump. In accordance with former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub, Covington hires fashions for his movies. In an interview, he mentioned:
“He did his gimmick and that is the perfect half, he rented two chicks and I used to be like ‘do it’s a must to do that?’ and he was like ‘I’m sorry man, I bought to.’ So, they don’t know who he’s and so they hate being in there. They could have been strippers, I don’t know. Beautiful girls. So after they’re again he goes…you’ll be able to inform he’s all the time considering, he goes ‘oh, whereas I’m speaking to Brendan, can one among you rub my shoulders?’ and he or she goes ‘I’m not rubbing your f**king shoulders’”
This essential occasion guarantees to be a conflict of kinds between Covington’s wrestling-heavy fashion and Buckley’s explosive placing. It’s an important battle for each males, with Covington trying to bounce again from his title loss and Buckley aiming to proceed his ascent within the welterweight division.
