Paul Felder thinks Colby Covington has misplaced a few of his edge in recent times. ‘Chaos’ is right here to show in any other case.
Earlier this month, Felder recommended that Covington was struggling to maintain up together with his “bully from school” persona that turned him from a boring fighter to a boring fighter with a loud character. The catalyst for his feedback got here from Paddy Pimblett’s declare that when he not too long ago crossed paths with Covington at a Energy Slap occasion, the previous three-time title challenger stored his head down and didn’t say a phrase. A far cry from the Trump-loving trash-talker that Covington portrays on TV and in interviews.
Having spent ample time with Felder behind the scenes, the previous fighter turned analyst believes taking part in the ultra-obnoxious heel could also be weighing on Covington.
‘Chaos’ disagrees.
“He was speaking sh*t about me, ‘Oh, he’s achieved this and that and another sh*t, I would like you to go ask him subsequent time you see him in particular person,” Covington advised Submission Radio. “Ask him in regards to the time he was at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. The Military and Air Power base. And he received tied in handcuffs by navy police to a bathroom in his lavatory as a result of he was drunk on the bottom.
“Like that’s embarrassing, you self-loathing drunk a**gap. He should be drunk half the time. He’s in that commentary sales space for the UFC. Man, I really feel dangerous for the UFC. They should get some new commentators. And what higher man I may very well be. I may very well be the UFC commentator. I don’t have any tales like that.”
To be honest, no less than Felder by no means known as the cops after getting sucker punched on the street by a person he relentlessly sh*t-talked for months on finish.
“We’re positively going to have a phrase,” Covington added. “I stored that story near my coronary heart for a very long time, and I used to be by no means going to share it. However once you begin making an attempt to trash my identify within the media and say issues about me, what the f*ck has Paul Felder achieved? I earn more money exterior the UFC than that man’s made in his entire total life. The man is an absolute bum. He’s by no means achieved something within the sport. He has no purpose to speak sh*t, particularly when he’s by no means been in a primary occasion in his life.
“The man’s a bum. He’s gotten crushed up by all people. He’s actually been a punching bag within the UFC and he’s a self-loathing drunk a**gap. So who will get tied to a freaking porcelain rest room on a navy base? You’re alleged to be there respecting the troops, respecting the navy. However no, you’re there being a drunk a**gap. Ask Paul Felder about that story. That’s a real story.”
Colby Covington accused folder of downing a bottle of ‘jack’ and speaking trash to his supervisor
Felder final competed contained in the Octagon in 2020, struggling back-to-back break up choice losses in opposition to Dan Hooker and Rafael dos Anjos. Earlier than that, he had received 5 out of six, together with a second-round knockout of former light-weight titleholder Charles Oliveira at UFC 218.
“So he drank like a bottle of Jack Daniels to himself,” Covington mentioned. “He began speaking sh*t to his supervisor, Brian Butler. I needed to step in like Paul, cease speaking sh*t to him. Such as you’re not going to beat up your supervisor. He was blacked out and he simply misplaced it. How do you not have extra management? You’re supposed to indicate respect to the troops. You’re there to spice up morale for the navy.
“Right here you are attempting to battle together with your supervisor. I’m the one which needed to intervene and ensure he didn’t beat up his supervisor, Brian Butler, with Sucker Punch. After which he goes into his resort room, he begins throwing sh*t round in his resort room on a navy set up base. After which the navy police received known as. They needed to handcuff him to the bathroom.”
Covington final competed in December 2024, arising quick in opposition to Joaquin Buckley in Tampa, Florida. The battle was stopped within the third spherical after ‘Chaos’ had suffered a nasty minimize over his proper eye. After all, Covington pulled out each excuse within the guide, claiming that the minimize was resulting from a headbutt from Buckley and that the battle was unnecessarily stopped by the “DEI physician” on obligation that evening.
None of that adjustments the truth that Covington has now misplaced 4 of his final six, together with his solely wins coming in opposition to Tyron Woodley and Jorge Masvidal — two fighters who exited the promotion on a mixed eight-fight shedding streak.
