Media Colby Covington doubling down on Leon Edwards' late father comments

[TheGreatReset]

This has nothing to do with pro wrestling actors pretending to be different characters with made up back stories.
Colby spoke about specific and personal aspects of Leon’s family.
Who does that?


Don’t pity someone who lost their father as a child?

Are we sure about that?
Seems like he’s trying to tap into and exploit another fighter’s childhood trauma to gain an advantage.
What “character” is that?

Who lost their father who was a terrible member of society and the DIRECT reason leon isn't a pos of shit today? No, don't pity him at all. What a weird question.

 

[WokeWarrior]

Leon's father was at best muscle for a violent gang, but more likely a capo in a Jamaican gang. Jamaiaca is tier 2 human trafficking country with trafficking of young women and boys being focused on night clubs and bars.

Jamaica - United States Department of State

www.state.gov

Leon Edwards: MMA saved me from being 'dead, in prison or dead broke'

Leon Edwards will fight Kamaru Usman in the main event of UFC 278 on Saturday. For Edwards, getting to this point meant leaving a life filled with violence, crime and gangs.

www.espn.com

Kingston is a hot spot for violent gangs, drug and human trafficking, and wonton murder of rivals.

brother ima tell you right now....dont even do that, i beg you. ....
cause you know.....YOU KNOW WHAT I DO....nice tactic tho

<[analyzed}>

Didn’t know his dad did all that. What a POS his dad was

you know nothing kid so leave it alone. now if a bunch of kids or survivors come out
with horror stories about leon's father etc etc then we will deal with that accordingly
but till then we not pivoting nothing .

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

brother ima tell you right now....dont even do that, i beg you. ....
cause you know.....YOU KNOW WHAT I DO....nice tactic tho

<[analyzed}>

you know nothing kid so leave it alone. now if a bunch of kids or survivors come out
with horror stories about leon's father etc etc then we will deal with that accordingly
but till then we not pivoting nothing .

It’s already out that his dad was a sex trafficker

 

[Spiderbite]

Colby is willing to say anything, but his acting is fucking atrocious.

It's like he's reading a script, and terribly at that.
He is selling the fight, but it's super hard to watch. Just spitting these lines out super fast like he's been practicing in front of a mirror.

There is no chance Colby can cut it in the WWE. The nerds and virgin thing has been done to death by guys who seem like classically trained fucking Thespians in retrospect compared to him.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Cost of the sport? How different do you honestly think the sport would be without these guys?

...and in what way?

Wed have champions like GSP, chuck... Randy Couture...anderson silva... Carlos Newton...matt hughes ..etc


Instead we have grown men with multi colored hair , hurling personal deplorable language back and forth to " sell a fight" .. and because Dana goes " isnt he great" ...its accepted

Shit talking and real beef existed and that's different and fine...( shamrock vs tito, Rashad vs Rampage)

But clown antics and forcibly being a ass hat is not acceptable for a professional sport...it makes the sport low class .. and it attracts a different kind of crowd and attention level ...

 

[Megatronlee]

Another thread said he did opposite, saying 'I was in character'...?

And... fuck this WWE shit. The reason We liked MMA was specifically because it was real, and it had real characters - interesting people, not made up personas. And if there was real beef / bad blood, it made it great. And if it were two respectful guys that when to war but were gracious afterwards, that made it great too.

Nah. We liked it because it was a FIGHT. That’s it

 

[Megatronlee]

Wed have champions like GSP, chuck... Randy Couture...anderson silva... Carlos Newton...matt hughes ..etc


Instead we have grown men with multi colored hair , hurling personal deplorable language back and forth to " sell a fight" .. and because Dana goes " isnt he great" ...its accepted

Shit talking and real beef existed and that's different and fine...( shamrock vs tito, Rashad vs Rampage)

But clown antics and forcibly being a ass hat is not acceptable for a professional sport...it makes the sport low class .. and it attracts a different kind of crowd and attention level ...

Gsp hgh gut, anxiety and dinosaurs

Can’t stay married Randy

Chuck and his candy addiction and colored toenails

Carlos Newton liked dragon ball z

They’ve never been perfect Bruh

 

[Last Falconry]

Wow, this really sucks shit. Thanks

 

[WokeWarrior]

It’s already out that his dad was a sex trafficker

Makes sense, it's not a big deal. Even by leon's own admissions his dad was not a good person. Who knows how many people that guy killed or got killed, certainly more than 1 so don't pity leon.

The reality is what o'malley said was far worse but strickland didn't throw a tantrum like leon did so no one cared. But reality is what he said was actually f'd up.

I mean the father was definitely not the best person in the world

not gonna lie, I was unaware that Leon's dad was a violent criminal. I actually don't feel bad about the trash talk now.

Damn so Leon's dad was a menace for real?

Makes the comment less bad.

Getting Leon in his feels is a good move by Colby despite not being classy

And even Leon admits his dad was a shitty person

Who lost their father who was a terrible member of society and the DIRECT reason leon isn't a pos of shit today? No, don't pity him at all. What a weird question.

God dam this sudden pivot didnt take long at all

 

[Levi_]

Leon is taking on a huge responsibility- Colby must be smashed. It's important for justice to be served.

Minimizing it because of what kind of person Leon's father is really shows one to be a low-insight individual. It's not about a commentary on his father, it's about what Colby said about his father to Leon that was so out of bounds. Only a total loser says something like that.

I really don't care for all of this drama. Bring back the day of classy guys like GSP, Fedor, Anderson, etc. that would never say anything like that, and would do their talking in the ring.

 

[Poirierfan]

Makes sense, it's not a big deal. Even by leon's own admissions his dad was not a good person. Who knows how many people that guy killed or got killed, certainly more than 1 so don't pity leon.

The reality is what o'malley said was far worse but strickland didn't throw a tantrum like leon did so no one cared. But reality is what he said was actually f'd up.

Sean let's it roll off his back, he knows he could literally murder O'Malley with his bare hands anytime he wants.

 

[ineverpost]

Another thread said he did opposite, saying 'I was in character'...?

And... fuck this WWE shit. The reason We liked MMA was specifically because it was real, and it had real characters - interesting people, not made up personas. And if there was real beef / bad blood, it made it great. And if it were two respectful guys that when to war but were gracious afterwards, that made it great too.

Everyone puts on an act in public.

 

[pinero]

Yeah, but Strickland fired at him first saying he let’s people fuck his wife. Lol you can’t throw a punch and then play the victim when someone throws back.

He chose to let another people to fuck his wife, a kid doesn't chose to be abused, I know, some people can't understand the difference... we are in Sherdog

 

[chinarice]

This has nothing to do with pro wrestling actors pretending to be different characters with made up back stories.
Colby spoke about specific and personal aspects of Leon’s family.
Who does that?


Don’t pity someone who lost their father as a child?

Are we sure about that?
Seems like he’s trying to tap into and exploit another fighter’s childhood trauma to gain an advantage.
What “character” is that?

He was literally on stage saying it right at the start of the faceoff with Leon

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Nah. We liked it because it was a FIGHT. That’s it

Everyone puts on an act in public.

 

[Tornikidou]

Since the moment Colby dropped the bomb I kept repeating it, I didn't liked it because talking about family when trashtalking is a classless move, but its not thaaaat bad knowing Leons dad was a piece of shit.

 

[RonDante]

I thought it was common enough knowledge among mma fans that his dad was a terrible person. thats why I was so surprised at everyone reacting so negatively towards colby when he said it

 

[NoSmilez]

There is no evidence of Leon's dad being some sex trafficker. He is also hardly a drug lord.

 

[eddi]

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Colby selling the shit out of this fight, not breaking kayfabe. Dude understands pro-wrestling more than most wrestlers nowadays. He's the closest thing we have to a WWF Attitude Era heel.

I hate the word kayfabe, it sounds retarded

 

[Khaosan]

He kind of has a point surprisingly lol