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MMA experts are unsure of Covington’s future: ”We don’t really care if we see him again or not”
Colby Covington. Photo via Instagram (@colbycovmma)
Former interim welterweight champion Colby ”Chaos” Covington took a tough loss this past Saturday as he returned to action after almost 20 months away from the octagon.
Now, some of the scene’s most prominent MMA experts, Chael Sonnen and Matt Brown, are highly unsure about if we ever will see ”Chaos” back in the cage again.
“I don’t think Colby had an off night. I don’t think it was the ring rust. I think Leon put it on him. He kept his distance well. When Colby did attempt a couple of shots, I think Colby felt the defense from Leon and he wasn’t able to get anything started. I credit Leon for that,” Brown said.
The MMA veteran and podcaster even claimed that Covington never was as good as people gave him credit for.
”I think I speak for everyone, we don’t really care if we see him again or not. I don’t think there’s a lot of people excited to see him fight again.”
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”I don’t know that we see Colby Covington again.”
Sonnen is not convinced that the 35-year-old fighter has what it takes to once again start over and climb the ladder and take the fights that could possibly take him to a fourth title shot.
In fact, the expert wonders if he’ll ever fight again.
“He’s had three world title fights, he was an interim champion, he never lost, he woke up one day, he wasn’t the interim champion,” Sonnen said. ”He fought the reigning ‘BMF’ champion, dominated him, and never became ‘BMF’ champion. I think that there’s some real frustrations. I just don’t know if he wants to start over. That’s the hard truth. I don’t know that we see Colby Covington again.”
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