Colby's shtick isn't to be a McGregor clone, or a pornstar pimp.

[brainwash]

His whole gimmick is suppose to be a weasel that wants to be like McGregor but fails miserably hard, and that is by design, not error.

He is being as cringy as possible and that is by choice. Noone is that stupid that they can't see how cringy they are being. He could simply stop talking and it would be all over. But no, THIS, is GENIUS. Google trends shows searches for Colby Covington has increased by 200% over the last 6 months.

This guy is a professional promo artist.

 

[sirmorbach]

So his gimmick is to be a cringeworthy moron on purpose? And that's supposed to be "genius"?

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

With his skill... has talked himself up the rankings. Worked for Sonnen… Needs to wrestle-wrestle-wrestle Saturday.

 

[brainwash]

So his gimmick is to be a cringeworthy moron on purpose? And that's supposed to be "genius"?

You are talking about this cringeworthy moron right now. Guess the plan worked.

 

[KootenayKid]

Nerd virgins, the whole lot of ya. Fookin nerd bash season, lads.

Hmm, would sound better if Conor said it.

 

[Workaholic]

Nerd virgins, the whole lot of ya. Fookin nerd bash season, lads.

Hmm, would sound better if Conor said it.

I know you're joking but half of it really is just delivery

Give Conor or Chael the same garbage material Colby is spewing out and suddenly it's like 50% less cringe

 

[Stranger Come Knocking]

I dunno. Reading about him is cringey but I think if he wins the belt and more people see him he'll be liked more. I used to hate the fucker but tbh he's been growing interview. Here's a good interview with Jim Norton and his sidekick. Didn't really seem like how the OP describes tho

 

[punky brewster]

In the list of the ten most recently posted threads, five of them are about Colby.....

He must be doing something right

 

[welcometohavoc]

His whole gimmick is suppose to be a weasel that wants to be like McGregor but fails miserably hard, and that is by design, not error.

He is being as cringy as possible and that is by choice. Noone is that stupid that they can't see how cringy they are being. He could simply stop talking and it would be all over. But no, THIS, is GENIUS. Google trends shows searches for Colby Covington has increased by 200% over the last 6 months.

This guy is a professional promo artist.

You say that but then we have people like Mike Perry who is literally this guy

Plenty of people are oblivious to their cringe

 

[Njmma209]

He’s playing a cartoonish high school jock/college frat boy and you dorks are trying to poke holes in his logic.

It’s not that serious

 

[beastman]

Colby will be in pro wrestling in 5 years.

 

[Failwani]

I agree his gimmick is to troll, but I'm sure he wishes he were even better at it. There's money to be made in being a very entertaining heel, but you'll plateau quickly if you're just obnoxious.

You don't think he wishes he could come up with something better than "virgin nerd snowflake"?

 

[Kryptt]

I'm not particularly fond of his schtick, but as they say "Fake it till you make it". Colby is certainly doing that fairly aptly. The real question is, if he fails will he be able to rally or just fade away?

 

[Kyler Ruxin]

Google trends shows searches for Colby Covington has increased by 200% over the last 6 months.

So after winning the biggest fight of his career, getting a boomerang thrown at him by Werdum, and calling the cops on him, talking as much a shit as humanly possible, and getting signed to fight RDA for a championship bout, he went from like 4 searches to 800 searches?

That's not that good.

Edit: I gave him a 20,000% increase. Still not that good.

 

[TheLastEmperorReurns]

Google trends shows searches for Colby Covington has increased by 200% over the last 6 months.

Could that have something to do with him being in a main event on PPV?

Check out RDA's percentage increase for perspective.

 

[bluecocky00]

Countering it is simple. If you don't give the whiney brat the candy they cry for they will eventually cry themselves to sleep. In this case, RDA will put him to sleep)))

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

I dunno. Reading about him is cringey but I think if he wins the belt and more people see him he'll be liked more. I used to hate the fucker but tbh he's been growing interview. Here's a good interview with Jim Norton and his sidekick. Didn't really seem like how the OP describes tho

"This is the fight business man, this isn't the feeling's business". Gold.

 

[TDD]

Wait so instead that he is a fighter who realized he must talk trash to get ahead, and knows his presentation is terrible he is actually a genius mastermind, who even though he could make the greatest trash talk ever which would be entertaining and get the needed hate, he just plays a really bad trash talker, its masterful work, he should be in Movies with that kind of acting, but i also heard that Colby made the moon dissapear from 1883 to 1915.

 

[SuperNerd]

Colby is a fighter and a wrestler.

His life's work means nothing unless he dresses up and dances for us.

That's genius? Okay... seems kinda sad to me.

The only thing more sad is the wannabe teenage trolls living vicariously through him. For every "I hate Colby" post, I've read 5 about how great he is at annoying people.

 

[dc007]

I think he's a dork and doesn't know how dumb he sounds but it's definitely working for him.