Colby Covington has launched footage of his dialog with Chael Sonnen following his loss at UFC Tampa.
‘Chaos’ returned over the weekend within the Sunshine State. Again for the primary time since a unanimous resolution loss to Leon Edwards final December, Colby Covington confronted the fastly rising Joaquin Buckley. The previous interim welterweight champion took the battle on brief discover, stepping in after Ian Machado Garry was pulled to face Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310.
Sadly for Colby Covington, the battle was a one-sided one. ‘Chaos’ was battered in rounds one and two, with Buckley opening an enormous reduce on the wrestler’s eyelid. With the blood pouring down, the physician referred to as the battle off close to the tip of the third spherical. For Covington, the defeat was his third in his final 4 cage appearances.
The battle was additionally the primary, with Chael Sonnen serving as Colby Covington’s head coach. ‘The American Gangster’ is a longtime pal of the welterweight, and has made that identified. Throughout UFC Tampa weigh-ins on Friday, Sonnen emerged, with Covington revealing that the previous middleweight title challenger is now his foremost coach.
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“That doesn’t rely, I don’t settle for that” 😅
Coach Chael Sonnen with phrases of encouragement for Colby Covington after his loss at #UFCTampa…
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Chael Sonnen consoles Colby Covington following loss to Joaquin Buckley at UFC Tampa
Sadly for the trash-talking duo, Saturday evening didn’t go as deliberate. On Colby Covington’s YouTube channel, he launched a glance into battle evening and his backstage dialog with Chael Sonnen following the bout. There, the UFC Corridor of Famer acknowledged the tide was turning of their favor earlier than the physician stopped the bout.
“Oh my goodness, that was a battle. My goodness, Colby, man.” Chael Sonnen acknowledged to a dejected Colby Covington following his loss at UFC Tampa. “Not dangerous in any respect [for no training camp]. Your kicks had been on level tonight, he hit you together with his greatest photographs. These had been exhausting photographs, it was exhausting for everyone to see since you simply took them. Even us within the nook had been going ‘Oh that’s gotta damage, oh I assume it didn’t damage, he’s nonetheless going ahead’.”
He continued, “Your takedowns, you even received your head caught within the center however you had been working your manner out and received your arms locked. It was nice, every little thing was going nice. The tide was turning, that doesn’t rely. I don’t settle for that, in no way man. That was an amazing battle and also you fought actually exhausting.”
What do you make of those feedback from Chael Sonnen? Who do you need to see Colby Covington battle following UFC Tampa?