Covington has NO redeeming qualities

[mudrubble]

In a sport woth muderers, rapists and s it's kinda dumb to say he's the worst.

The s and rapists are possibly worse, agreed.

 

[AdamWarlock]

With purchased ppvs before the press conference and purchased during/after the conference.

so as the fight gets closer, more people purchased the ppvs? make sense

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Believe it or not some ppl do order ahead yeah

I'm legitimately surprised if the majority order it the day before, but my point being, with the fact that tons of people will order the event after the press conference, seeing an "increase" is either par for the course or will have to be compared to some internal estimation, in which case I'd circle back to

 

[SpamuraiSensei]

Colby talks all that smack in front of millions of people and then fights his opponent the next day. Where's the issue here? He's literally giving them the opportunity to do something about it once they enter the cage.

As for wanting Colby dead and what not... You're one of the kids in the audience at the WWE that thinks wrestling is real.

 

[mudrubble]

I'm legitimately surprised if the majority order it the day before, but my point being, with the fact that tons of people will order the event after the press conference, seeing an "increase" is either par for the course or will have to be compared to some internal estimation, in which case I'd circle back to
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That bottom line def does not change, so fair game.

 

[MichiganMMA1978]

He's great at losing title fights. That should be redeeming to the haters.

 

[Goutfather]

I don't see the similarity between re-positing someone's social media and insulting ppl's dead fathers or tricky family situations. But I'm not shocked that Sherdog would, lol.

One is free publicity for something the WANT publicity for, that they are actively SEEKING publicity for. The other is kicking a person when they're down (and perhaps cannot even call on their family to defend themselves because they're not alive to do that).

Only Sherdog would see this as the same. But in the real world they are absolutely closer to opposites than they are to similar. Sorry. I understand that goes against your position, but facts is facts.

no, you’re just a hypocrite, and you’re so far up your own ass that it’s impossible for you to fathom that perhaps you’re just wrong. so you’re always going to be surprised that people see things differently than you.

 

[fzoid4454]

I don't care about the trash talk (he did go to far) but that fight and his performance was terrible and he (plus Leon) deserve whatever criticism they recieve.

Leon initiated all the striking, and even tried to go for grappling positions and submissions, when he's a striker. What would he need to be criticized for? He took unnecessary risks and tried fighting in a world where he doesn't belong. I'd criticize him for not being smart in doing so, but, certainly, that's not playing it safe.

 

[HHJ]

Leon initiated all the striking, and even tried to go for grappling positions and submissions, when he's a striker. What would he need to be criticized for? He took unnecessary risks and tried fighting in a world where he doesn't belong. I'd criticize him for not being smart in doing so, but, certainly, that's not playing it safe.

I can understand some people not being happy with that fight. Some people wanted to see Colby reduced to a bloody heap,get the Bryce Mitchell treatment,and feel Leon was more than capable of doing that,had he wanted to.

 

[fzoid4454]

I can understand some people not being happy with that fight. Some people wanted to see Colby reduced to a bloody heap,get the Bryce Mitchell treatment,and feel Leon was more than capable of doing that,had he wanted to.

Okay, but Colby turned away from his signature style and instead opted to do...... nothing. If the fight sucked, the reason for it starts and finishes with him.

He's getting up there in years. When Holyfield was around that age, we saw what happens when boxers/strikers age. They can't let their hands go. Their reactions slow down that little bit, and the openings they normally would have reacted to have come and gone by before they throw. I wonder if that played into it.

 

[mudrubble]

no, you’re just a hypocrite, and you’re so far up your own ass that it’s impossible for you to fathom that perhaps you’re just wrong. so you’re always going to be surprised that people see things differently than you.

Ah, and you are the logically consistent human who sees better than the rest of us? Or maybe you need to turn that mirror around on yourself and understand that not everybody is a shithead in the exact same way you are. We are all of us shitheads, sure enough. But in different ways.

You see reposting social media as on par with insulting the memory of a man's dead father.

I wonder how far up your own ass you need to be to have that vantage point? I'd say farther than the person who sees them as almost opposites. But what do I know? Strokes and folks I guess.

 

[wolffanghameha]

He performed the essential task of putting the President's golf ball on the tee. No way Donald has big enough hands to do that himself.

 

[Goutfather]

Ah, and you are the logically consistent human who sees better than the rest of us? Or maybe you need to turn that mirror around on yourself and understand that not everybody is a shithead in the exact same way you are. We are all of us shitheads, sure enough. But in different ways.

You see reposting social media as on par with insulting the memory of a man's dead father.

I wonder how far up your own ass you need to be to have that vantage point? I'd say farther than the person who sees them as almost opposites. But what do I know? Strokes and folks I guess.

“she asked for it by posting on social media.” that’s your reasoning. nobody has any illusions that usman’s fans / colby’s haters are going to say nice things to her. usman knows his fans will mess with her, maybe even attack her physically, which is why usman reposted it. from what i can see, colby’s haters have taken the position that “this ain’t a game,” and so they think violence is a justified response to colby. they’re deranged. essentially, usman’s trying to punish colby by attacking his living, innocent family members. that’s what you are participating in. you try to make yourself feel good about it, but that is what you’re doing.

on the flip side, we have leon’s deceased father, who is neither alive, nor innocent. suffice to say he was not a good man, as leon himself acknowledges. that’s very unfortunate for leon to have a dad like that. of course it’s not nice for colby to bring him up. but setting aside his relationship to leon, it’s completely fair to criticize a gang leader who did the terrible things. and even setting his criminal activities aside, there’s certainly no danger of harming a dead man. the only thing that can be hurt is leon’s feelings. and even setting all that aside, leon is the one who introduced this information about his dad. if leon didn’t want people to speak about the criminal activities of his father, he should not have brought up that subject.

none of this bothers me personally, except this: a few days ago, the rule was “don’t ever talk about a man’s family, otherwise muh street justice illegal hoodrat shit, this ain’t a game monica.” but the same people clutching pearls over colby’s words apparently have no qualms about attacking colby’s family. should colby put on a ski mask and catch usman in the popeye’s parking lot?

 

[Contempt]

I can think of many unlikeable fighters that have passed through this sport, but for every one of them I can think of at least some redeeming qualities where I can somehow understand how one might be a fan.

In the case of Colby I can think of absolutely nothing, the guy has ZERO likeable traits, nothing.

I held this belief from day one, I never understood how this dude had any fans, but this past weekend was the last straw.

Before one could at least make the case that he fought hard, that he always came to win, so even though he’s the lowest of the low at least he will entertain me in the cage, but now that’s gone too. Then the final nail in the coffin, raising his arms at the end of the fight and pretending to believe he won, all with that stupid smile… just beyond sad and pathetic.

What an absolute garbage human being, if Masvidal snuffed him out that day, if Werdum put him in a permanent coma with that boomerang the world would be a better place.

Well one redeeming attribute is obviously his ability to trigger the fuck out of people like you that just can't stop talking about him. It gives others plenty of cheap laughs.

Also, his ability to make money for the UFC.

 

[Koro_11]

Well one redeeming attribute is obviously his ability to trigger the fuck out of people like you that just can't stop talking about him. It gives others plenty of cheap laughs.

Also, his ability to make money for the UFC.

Oh yeah, I just can’t stop, I went to work today and all I talked about was Colby Covington.

Oh no, not triggered, I forgot that the cool thing today is to pretend to be completely indifferent towards everything, you’re so ahead of the game.

 

[PeterGriffin]

Dana mentioned that ppv sales went up 25% due to the Colby press conference. That's a redeemable quality.

Because that sounds way better than "We did 100 PPV buys instead of 75.".

That other 25% just wanted to watch Colby lose... mission accomplished.

 

[Gotosleepho]

I consider him more like a jester. So I laugh at him because everything he says is so over the top, obviously scripted, and corny as hell.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

I love the simplicity of this forum. You see a pages-wide moral argument involving Goutfather and you can just skip the whole thing cuz you know who's wrong

 

[textwarrior]

I can think of many unlikeable fighters that have passed through this sport, but for every one of them I can think of at least some redeeming qualities where I can somehow understand how one might be a fan.

In the case of Colby I can think of absolutely nothing, the guy has ZERO likeable traits, nothing.

I held this belief from day one, I never understood how this dude had any fans, but this past weekend was the last straw.

Before one could at least make the case that he fought hard, that he always came to win, so even though he’s the lowest of the low at least he will entertain me in the cage, but now that’s gone too. Then the final nail in the coffin, raising his arms at the end of the fight and pretending to believe he won, all with that stupid smile… just beyond sad and pathetic.

What an absolute garbage human being, if Masvidal snuffed him out that day, if Werdum put him in a permanent coma with that boomerang the world would be a better place.

Other than AS, Rich Franklin was the man. Everyone has their Kryptonite fighter.

 

[Contempt]

Oh yeah, I just can’t stop, I went to work today and all I talked about was Colby Covington.

Oh no, not triggered, I forgot that the cool thing today is to pretend to be completely indifferent towards everything, you’re so ahead of the game.

Yesterday when I was discussing this there were 14 different threads just on the main page of the heavies discussing Colby. Fucking 14...

These fuckers are hilariously obsessed with the guy. His ability to get the snowflakes panties in a twist is second to none. I think he was probably better suited to the WWF than MMA as his heel game is strong.

Indifferent? Fuck no, I find how much the "dorks and virgins" lose their shit over this to be utterly hilarious.