It ought to come as no shock that Colby
Covington has a distinct perspective on the happenings at
UFC
Tampa this previous Saturday night time.
The three-time welterweight title challenger returned for the primary
time in a yr, falling to Joaquin
Buckley through third-round technical knockout within the night’s
major occasion at Amalie Area in Tampa, Florida. The bout was halted
by a cageside physician on the 4:42 mark of Spherical 3 attributable to a
important minimize above Covington’s proper eye.
It was unclear precisely what precipitated the wound, however Covington appeared
to consider it occurred attributable to a conflict of heads. Whereas Buckley
gave the impression to be in clear management of the combat previous to the stoppage,
Covington contends that he was robbed of a chance to shift
momentum down the stretch.
“We got here in shut contact, and I felt like there was a headbutt,
and as quickly because it minimize within the first spherical, I couldn’t see,”
Covington mentioned on his YouTube channel. “I had blurred imaginative and prescient, I used to be
seeing three totally different individuals, I used to be like, f—okay, which one do I
punch? I didn’t know what to do. I used to be type of confused, however I knew
I needed to hold combating. I needed to give the UFC and the followers a present.
That’s what they pay their hard-earned cash to come back for and I’m a
warrior. We’re gladiators. I’m not going to cease.
“I’ve had approach worse in fights than a bit minimize over my eye, so
it’s unlucky that the physician stopped the combat like that
as a result of if we’re in Vegas, I do know the combat will get to maintain going. I
really feel like I used to be actually simply beginning to achieve momentum. Like I used to be
beginning to put on him out, I may see him respiratory out of his
mouth. There wasn’t as a lot quantity at that time, so I really feel prefer it
was going to be my combat within the championship rounds, so it was an
unlucky cease and I really feel just like the physician is the one which beat me
tonight. I didn’t really feel like I misplaced to a different opponent.”
Covington accepted the combat on brief discover after Ian Garry was
pulled from the UFC Tampa card to face Shavkat
Rakhmonov within the UFC 310
co-headliner one week prior. The 36-year-old MMA Masters product is
simply 2-4 in his final six promotional outings, however he stays
assured that he nonetheless has lots to supply the game.
“We’re going to be again stronger than ever. That is simply the
starting for me. I wasn’t at my greatest tonight. I got here off the
sofa, however it was for the corporate. I did this for the corporate that
I really like a lot that modified my life. I do know that there’s nonetheless a
lot of combat in me and one of the best is but to come back,” Covington
mentioned.
“I used to be simply getting warmed up in that combat. I believe it was tied up
1-1, and I used to be beginning to put on on him. I may see him respiratory
out of his mouth. I used to be beginning to catch him with extra photographs, so
it’s unlucky that they stopped it. Even Dana [White] got here out
and mentioned if that was in Vegas, that might have by no means been stopped,
so I took his hardest photographs and so they weren’t nothing. They didn’t
faze me in any respect. I used to be strolling proper down. So we’ll come again
stronger.”
