Colby Covington predicts Tyron Woodley will ‘leave on a stretcher’ if they fight
The long-awaited grudge match between Colby Covington and Tyron Woodley is trending in the right direction, but not official yet.
The highly anticipated welterweight matchup was scheduled for Sept 19 but may change. While both fighters have verbally agreed to the fight, Covington told reporters it’s too soon to call the deal done.
“As America’s champ, as the people’s champ, as Donald Trump’s favorite fighter, there’s a thing that Donald Trump patented: that’s ‘promises made, promises kept,” he said. “So I don’t want to come on here and lie to you and say it’s gonna be a for sure thing, because I don’t know. I don’t know if Tyron Woodley’s gonna show up. I was willing to fight him on four days’ notice the last time, so I’m always ready to show up and fight him.
“I gave him a verbal agreement to fight him Aug. 22, and he didn’t want to show up,” Covington continued. “Apparently, ‘low testosterone’ Woodley has to do some juice, he has to juice up to fight me. Supposedly now he’s given his verbal agreement for Sept. 19, but let’s be honest, there’s no way I can give you a guarantee, because there’s no contract in writing. The ink has not dried, so I hope it happens. I’m ready to go, but I can’t give you a definite answer that it will happen on Sept. 19.”
Covington admitted that the bad blood between the two will still continue long after their fight.
For now, he has a message for the former champ.
“Just show up, man,” Covington said. “We know you’re clout chasing on the internet right now. We know you’re looking for a couple of likes, a couple of extra followers because your career is about to be dead after you meet up with me. Show up, man. You were supposed to show up Aug. 22 and you didn’t want to do that. You needed a little more time. Sept. 19, you called your shot.
“Come get it, boy. It’s been brewing for many, many years. Come see me, motherf*cker. We’ll find out who the best is, and after I’m done with you, you’re not going to be recognizable to your family, and we know you’re just showing up for that paycheck to pay all those mouths you’ve gotta feed because we know you have kids with multiple wives and multiple women. Just show up.”
If the fight does come to fruition, a win will not be enough for Covington.
“If Tyron Woodley does not leave the octagon Sept. 19—live on ESPN—on a stretcher, then I didn’t do my job.”
