Colby Covington is still radio silent

Can someone tell me how much money he thinks hes going to get from jorge?
 
SouthpawSouthernFist said:
Not sure I buy all this. He spent all that time talking shite because he wanted to. He wanted to expand his profile, to make some real money in the UFC.

Now, he's thrown all that to the side because of this case. Because it's personal? No, I don't think so. It's always been about money for him, lighting up someone he's beefing with has been icing on the cake. I think it's because he thinks he's going to get a huge payday from this.

That's kind of dumb, because 1) he's basically giving up on his UFC career, and 2) I don't even think he has a shot to make that much money.
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Bruh, the case doesn't last forever. He will be back. It's not gonna cost him his career.

If he is actually beefing with someone, then that is personal. Things can be both personal and about money. It's not either or.
 
Iroh said:
Bruh, the case doesn't last forever. He will be back. It's not gonna cost him his career.

If he is actually beefing with someone, then that is personal. Things can be both personal and about money it's not either or
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The longer he sits on the sidelines, not training, not fighting, not talking to the media... the more he hurts his career.
 
SouthpawSouthernFist said:
The longer he sits on the sidelines, not training, not fighting, not talking to the media... the more he hurts his career.
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Who says he isn't training?

Bruh, fighters sit out all of the time, because of injuries and other stuff. It's far from a career killer. I think you're making this a bigger thing than it actually is.
 
campbecc said:
That would be unprecedented, no one gets remotely close to that for simple assault.
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That's what I'm saying... so why the career pause if the payout is so limited? I think his lawyers are conning him into thinking he's going to make big money with this shit..
 
Iroh said:
Who says he isn't training?

Bruh, fighters sit out all of the time, because of injuries and other stuff. It's far from a career killer. I think you're making this a bigger thing than it actually is.
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How can you train if you have brain damage? Someone would film him and poof, there goes his case. If anything, he's just doing cardio.
 
Adamant said:
"Cumshot Chimaev"
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Lets dissect Colby's only relevant wins...
Masvidal (retirement soon): 0-3 since 2019, 2019 beat Nate Diaz (cut), Askren (retired and beat by Jake Paul), Till (lol)
Woodley (retired): 0-4 since 2018, 0-2 against Jake Paul
Lawler(almost retired): 2-7 since 2017, beating only Nick Diaz and Cowboy (lmao)
RDA(retirement coming soon): 3-5 since 2017, split decision over Felder and dec over Moicano at LW.
Maia (retired): 3-5 since 2017, only beat Lyman Good, Anthony Martin, Ben Askren. (who?)
 
2sk said:
who cumshot? colby was vocal about him, he aint fighting no hype train with quick push just so cumshot could steal some shine. he will waint untill he proves himself to fight him
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Yeah but at this point, Colby doesn't have a better win than Khamzat does.

It's just a bunch of bs because he knows Khamzat will beat his ass.
 
SouthpawSouthernFist said:
That's what I'm saying... so why the career pause if the payout is so limited? I think his lawyers are conning him into thinking he's going to make big money with this shit..
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His lawyers probably just see him as a payday and are lying to him to get him to pay them more money.
 
campbecc said:
His lawyers probably just see him as a payday and are lying to him to get him to pay them more money.
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Unless.............

Part of the settlement terms for the civil case include dropping the criminal charges.

I could see that being worth some potentially big money.

Sherdog lawyers, is that legal?
 
If you were a professional fighter(a profession that should instill fear in others) that got ambushed by the Nelk Bros(a YouTube prankster group) and then watched your boss give them 250k as a gift, wouldn’t you be in hiding, too?
 
SouthpawSouthernFist said:
Unless.............

Part of the settlement terms for the civil case include dropping the criminal charges.

I could see that being worth some potentially big money.

Sherdog lawyers, is that legal?
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even then I don't see it being more than he could have made in the UFC; he was gaining momentum after having a close fight with Usman and beating Masvidal. But of course the lawyers don't care about the amount of money he is foregoing by putting his career on pause.

Edit: It's not like Masvidal is facing serious jail time, it was simple assault without a weapon that didn't cause serious bodily harm. Colby wasn't even knocked down, no jury is going to believe he was seriously hurt.
 
campbecc said:
even then I don't see it being more than he could have made in the UFC; he was gaining momentum after having a close fight with Usman and beating Masvidal. But of course the lawyers don't care about the amount of money he is foregoing by putting his career on pause.
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True, unless.....

This is a tri-party negotiation with the UFC. Maybe they're negotiating for favorable treatment in the UFC as well as money from Jorge, in order to drop the charges.

I have no idea if this is possible, but it seems like this is the only logical reason to be doing what Colby's doing, other than getting conned by his lawyers.
 
SouthpawSouthernFist said:
True, unless.....

This is a tri-party negotiation with the UFC. Maybe they're negotiating for favorable treatment in the UFC as well as money from Jorge, in order to drop the charges.

I have no idea if this is possible, but it seems like this is the only logical reason to be doing what Colby's doing, other than getting conned by his lawyers.
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I'm not a lawyer, but I know situations like that do happen. I don't know if it's legal but it does happen and when people get found out doing it no charges are pressed. Like when companies pay people to drop charges against men for sexual harassment, I'm not sure if that is legal but it might as well be.
 
Tapatio said:
He's suffering from PJSD - Post Jorge Stress Disorder
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I've made a case for this in the past.
1. Colby's a small town kid who had a relatively sheltered upbringing.
2. He has s (allegedly) had a target on his back for quite some time; and knowing that Jorge is a 'street guy' with 'street guy friends,' he may end up (and reasonably so) somewhat traumatized.
Edit: And there might be a case to sue for PTSD although that'd probably be the end of his career.

Pechan said:
He can't be going around talking shit or taking fights if he is gonna claim brain damage.
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That's gonna be hard to prove anyway considering that he's a professional cage fighter.


Tito Tapped said:
It's gotta be a hard life to try and keep up with that schtick 24/7. He's probably enjoying a real life and knows that when he does "return" it'll be a big deal.
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I'm guessing it's not a schtick, just his personality turned up to 11.

Iroh said:
Luque is not nearly as close of a threat as the other 3 and I doubt Colby has a problem facing any of them, if it also makes business sense. Dude is a pro fighter with real confidence in himself. Dude has put in on Usman twice, and never quit despite the adversity he faced in those fights. If you think he is afraid to fight anyone in his weight class, you don't really understand the mindset of an elite fighter. No offense.
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Personally afraid? Absolutely not; but if he gets exposed by one of these up and comers, then his aura of near invincibility would be gone.
Once that goes, he'll lose his mystique a la Conor who was no longer clever just talking sh-t which didn't really land after getting KO'd by Poirier the first time.
 
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