If Joaquin Buckley can’t finagle a combat with Kamaru Usman, he’s keen to accept Colby Covington.
‘New Mansa’ prolonged his unbeaten streak to 5 at UFC 307, securing a third-round knockout towards Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson and launching himself into the welterweight division’s prime 10. Instantly following the win, Buckley referred to as for a conflict with former titleholder Kamaru Usman, a press release he echoed throughout a current interview with Luke Thomas.
“I actually don’t count on him to push for that combat simply due to how tough the combat may be for him,” Buckley stated. “I’m nonetheless engaged on issues, however I actually really feel like with regards to the standup, I don’t suppose Usman actually has something for me.
“I feel my cardio and tempo is certainly gonna problem him and normally he’s the one which’s pushing that narrative on his conditioning, however I feel that I can push my conditioning previous Usman at this level in my profession.”
If Usman isn’t , Joaquin Buckley would welcome a combat with ‘Chaos’
Sadly, it doesn’t sound like Usman is far too serious about a combat with Buckley. In fact, ‘New Mansa’ already has one other identify in thoughts that might assist him break into the division’s prime 5. That being three-time welterweight title challenger Colby Covington.
“The final combat that he had was towards Leon [Edwards] and that was a couple of 12 months in the past,” Buckley stated of Covington. “Time ain’t on no one’s aspect so should you actually wish to present the world what you’ve been as much as and the way you’ve been working, you bought to combat. You already know that I’m completely happy to go and discover out myself too with Colby Covington if he’s not acquired a combat lined up.
“I’d undoubtedly be keen to take that combat. That’s any person that has fought for the belt, has confirmed himself, extremely ranked within the division for 170, so why not?”
2019 was the final time Covington has fought twice in a single 12 months. Since then, he’s barely averaged one combat per 12 months, going 2-2 within the course of. However regardless of the bouts of inactivity and the shortage of notable wins, ‘Chaos’ continues to be holding sturdy because the sixth-ranked contender within the division making him a primary goal for outliers seeking to combat there method in direction of a shot at gold.
