Colby Covington and Henry Cejudo acquired right into a nasty verbal alternate throughout a latest Poker match as the 2 UFC stars nearly acquired right into a heated altercation.
Colby Covington and Henry Cejudo Virtually Come To Blows At Poker Occasion
Colby Covington is thought to be one of many greatest 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, shedding his final two fights in opposition to Leon Edwards and Joaquin Buckley.
The controversial UFC star has began to dive into completely different avenues away from the game and has been constantly showing on Kick dwell streams, most notably with standard streamer – Neon.
Nevertheless, his most up-to-date look on a Kick dwell stream got here in a Poker match 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 in addition 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 they usually acquired 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 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 acquired 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 a bit of man and also you’ll get knocked the f*** out.”
Fortunately, the 2 by no means acquired shut sufficient to make this verbal altercation flip bodily because the room was crammed with individuals and stopped it from turning ugly.
Neither Cejudo or Covington have a precise return date to the UFC, with the previous flyweight champion on the verge of retirement and Covington needing to be good about his subsequent combat choice.
