Colby Covington made a brand out of saying things that cross the line of decency. But his target is not just Brazil – he’s since made rather scathing comments about reigning lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov:
“At no point can it get bad for MMA. We were at our lowest point when that sheep-lover Khabib jumped out of the cage and put innocent people’s lives in danger,” Covington said in a recent appearance on The MMA Hour (via MMA Fighting). “Everything sells these days.”
“I think that people live in safe spaces these days, they don’t want to deal with the controversy and the drama. But at the end of the day, all this drama and controversy, this is what everybody wants, this is the drug that they’re needing.
“They’re addicted to this,” he added. “I’m addicted to winning, they’re addicted to drugs and other things, but they’re also addicted to this fight and the controversy that sells this fight. So I don’t think you can go too far promoting these days.”
Meanwhile Nurmagomedov has been keeping silent in his usual fashion:
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