Colby Covington says Tyron Woodley is ducking him

The welterweight division is one of the hottest divisions in the UFC. Top contenders Colby Covington and Tryon Woodley have been lined up to fight for years. The long-awaited matchup between the two former teammates was expected to happen in Aug. 

Colby Covington released a copy of his contract for the bout and said Tyron Woodley pulled out of the fight. 

“This was supposed to be your main event August 22nd on ESPN until Tyrone did what his daddy should’ve and pulled out… AGAIN!” Covington wrote on Instagram.

“He gassed out against a fat school teacher the other night playing relay races on NBC, and I think the people close to him finally had a come to Jesus meeting about the suicidal tendencies he is exhibiting by wanting to sign a contract with my name on the other end of it,” Covington said of Woodley. “It’s a death sentence and he knows it, everyone knows it.”

Colby was referring to the recent appearance of the former champion on the reality competition series Titan Games hosted by “The Rock.”  

Woodley and Colby’s rivalry has been brewing for years. Despite, the bad blood they still have not met inside the octagon.

Tyron Woodley lost the UFC welterweight title against Kamaru Usman and suffered another loss to Gilbert Burns.

Colby Covington is coming off a loss to the champion Kamaru Usman and is looking to get back in the win column.

We reached out to Woodles’s management team for comment, but have not received a response.

According to the proposed contract, the UFC tried to schedule the main event for the card scheduled at the APEX facility in Las Vegas on Aug. 22.