Colby Covington and Henry Cejudo bought right into a nasty verbal alternate throughout a latest Poker event as the 2 UFC stars nearly bought right into a heated altercation.
Colby Covington and Henry Cejudo Virtually Come To Blows At Poker Occasion
Colby Covington is considered one of many largest wind up retailers within the sport of MMA, making a reputation for himself together with his brash nature and line-crossing insults.
His latest performances within the Octagon have did not again up these statements, dropping his final two fights in opposition to Leon Edwards and Joaquin Buckley.
The controversial UFC star has began to dive into totally different avenues away from the game and has been constantly showing on Kick dwell streams, most notably with common streamer – Neon.
Nonetheless, his most up-to-date look on a Kick dwell stream got here in a Poker event which additionally included former UFC flyweight champion, Henry Cejudo.
Cejudo achieved nice success throughout his time in UFC, successful the title at 125 and 135 kilos to turn into a a number of weight champion and likewise successful Olympic Gold in wrestling throughout 2008 – which is why he refers to himself as ‘Triple Champ’.
The 2 clearly don’t get alongside, as regardless of their mutual curiosity with MMA it was removed from pleasant between them and so they bought concerned in a heated alternate.
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Covington started the verbal alternate with ‘ship him again to the shire’ which is a transparent insult in the direction of Henry Cejudo’s peak.
To which Cejudo replied with ‘he can’t win s***, he can’t win s***. Double champ, Olympic champ, you ain’t bought s***’ which is a reference to Cejudo’s title reigns and Covington by no means holding undisputed gold within the UFC.
Covington didn’t take too kindly to this and threatened Cejudo with a bodily altercation, saying: “I’ll nonetheless knock your a** out you bum, keep in mind you’re slightly man and also you’ll get knocked the f*** out.”
Fortunately, the 2 by no means bought shut sufficient to make this verbal altercation flip bodily because the room was full of folks and stopped it from turning ugly.
Neither Cejudo or Covington have an actual return date to the UFC, with the previous flyweight champion on the verge of retirement and Covington needing to be sensible about his subsequent struggle choice.