Is anyone rooting for Colby Covington at all to win?

[RockyLockridge]

Both Usman and Woodley had a decent number of title defense. They were not that inactive for WW and both had great moments as champ (Woodley beats till and Usman Kos Mas).

You can think they are bad if you want but I doubt Colby will ever reach what both accomplished as champ.

If Colby wins, you know he's gonna take a 1 year+ break

I disagree, I think if colby wins, he will probably fight as often as he can. He's looking to make money. Getting the title shot was a matter of patience. I think if he obtains gold he will try to fight and cash championship checks as often as possible. His time is up. Colby is not stupid. he knows the game. He will get old and lose the title so he should cash out on the biggest WW title fight he can get.

For one reason or another, I expect he knows that much.


anyways, I'll always knock woodley for having the number 1 and number 2 worst WW title fights ever back to back, Also he should have lost to thompson the first time. In his title run, beating till is all he has done. And truthfully, Till lost to thompson and should have never got that shot to begin with. Other wise, he beat maia and lawler who colby beat in better fashion (lawler arguable, of course.) Usman I wont trash too much, but he tried to duck colby twice (once asking for askren instead, second time asking for cheisa or luque instead) and the pitiful calling out of masvidal after KOing burns. Beating Colby is the most impressive thing Usman has ever done and both of those fights were very close.

Colby is, and ALWAYS has been a better WW than woodley.

 

[moongaze]

When I say 'work ethic' I'm talking about how hard he trains and his discipline, which shows in his performances. Nobody can fight his style and not work hard in the gym, its impossible. You don't just have a 'preference' to put on an insane pace for 5 rounds. How often he decides to fight and which fights he takes is irrelevant to me, way I see it those are business decisions which he has every right to make.

As far as ducking fighters, he was willing to fight Usman again after getting tko'd by him, and he's now fighting the guy that beat Usman twice, Colby's hardest opponent. You can't have it both ways, either he avoids hard fights, or he doesn't,saying 'he's only doing it, because the belt is on the line', well no shit, that's the goal of the game.

Yes he could be lying, he could be drinking and partying, but your parents could be lying, maybe you're not really their son, I'm willing to believe it when he says that.

Oh, ok, so you're only talking about training and discipline then. Well,a lot of fighters train hard too but the difference is that they take more fights than Colby does. It is possible that a guy that has great cardio already from years of past sports performance(wrestling, basketball, football..etc) can take it easy in the gym and showcase great pace in fights especially if they dont fight often. There are a lot of athletes that go hard during games/fights but take training less seriously. Yes it is a preference to fight the way he does. Guys don't do it because they can't it's because they have different fighting styles, bodies, backgrounds...etc. Colbys whole pace thing is his preference and he's already had good cardio from years of being a wrestler.

If fighting for the title is the goal, then is it really a tough fight to take? A lot of people would fight a professional fighter for 20 seconds if given a nice prize/large sums of money. The title belt was that for Colby. So, no, him chosing to fight Usman again wasn't a tough fight for him. A tought fight for him would have been proving his top contender ranking and fighting guys like Leon and Burns instead of Woodley.

. Ive grown up with my parents my entire life and would know if they were my parents. I doubt you've spent a minute left alone days and years living with Colby. It's funny how Colby tells you he's full of crap yet there's people willing to believe his fake front.

 

[richardjohnson]

Neither are okay. you're right about one thing, I did rake him over the coals, but if you look at the person im responding too, sounds like they are justifying it. (that's how it sounds to me)

But once we accept one, we can't complain about the other. It's just par for the course now.

Colby "fans" had a right to be upset. The idea that masvidal got 2 title shots before colby got 2 is absolutely insane if you really think about it.

I agree, there was no justification for Jorge getting that second TS.

 

[Contempt]

I'm just curious does anyone out there want this guy to win over Leon Edwards?

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Yes, I'm all in with Colby.​

Votes: 61 41.2%

No, Leon Edwards FTW.​

Votes: 54 36.5%

I'm not rooting for anyone.​

Votes: 33 22.3%


Heh.. I'm assuming that vote didn't go the way you were expecting?

 

[Tweak896]

Rooting against Colby for his inactivity and entitlement. Not a huge Edwards fan he's not exciting either. I don't think either guy is best WW right now.

 

[svmr_db]

Rooting against Colby for his inactivity and entitlement. Not a huge Edwards fan he's not exciting either. I don't think either guy is best WW right now.

Yeah at the very least I can see Edwards defending the belt against Belal or Shavkat. Colby would weasel his way into stupid gimmick fights somehow & not fight the top contenders.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Some really fucked up opinions in here. Some people are rooting for Colby because it will piss people off. Real fans of the sport, right? We know for a fact he’ll be pushing to fight Dustin, or Islam. Certainly not an actual WW contender, that is the next in line.

People are talking about Edwards’ wishes to fight the MW champ. That’s never happening while Edwards is the WW champion. And we all KNOW it. So that’s a shit reason to want him to lose considering what the alternative would be.

Edwards has zero pull. He won’t be dictating anything. You’re not intelligent if you think otherwise. But Colby might just have enough pull to cherry pick his defences. Except that Belal is next, and that’s just how that goes. Dana painted himself into a corner with that one.

But don’t tell me you’re a fan of merit based mma. While wanting Colby to win. You don’t give a fuck about the “sport”. You just get your jollies from watching the world burn.

 

[Tweak896]

Yeah at the very least I can see Edwards defending the belt against Belal or Shavkat. Colby would weasel his way into stupid gimmick fights somehow & not fight the top contenders.

Edwards could shock me, but not sure what he has in his tank against those guys. Colby as champ is going to be a long drawn out process where he probably asks for Poirier or Islam instead of his true contenders. I just want the division to figure itself out.

 

[Clark Rogers]

I don't like his schtick but Covington got some in cage respect from me when he handled Lawler the way he did. He may not be a KO artist but he can be effective in there.

 

[d2s]

this poll blowing up in TS's face is rich lol

 

[RockyLockridge]

Yeah at the very least I can see Edwards defending the belt against Belal or Shavkat. Colby would weasel his way into stupid gimmick fights somehow & not fight the top contenders.

He's already had the title for almost 2 years and has only one defense. Look how long this fight with colby got dragged out for. They even tried to give him homecrowd and make the event in London this past july.

I dunno i already see Leon as stalling, This fight should have happened this past summer. Leon has still only fought once in the last 365 days.

 

[wolffanghameha]

I'm leaning towards Colby. It'd be cool to see all his work in the ring and on the mic pay off. I also think the Usman stoppage was early, in a fight I had him winning 3-2 or 4-1 (if the stoppage had been the end of the 5th round). Against any other current WW I'd be leaning towards Leon, except maybe Wonderboy. Leon's title win and pop off was fantastic and one of the only times I cried at all watching MMA, but yeh, leaning to Colby.

 

[SkinnyClaw]

Oh, ok, so you're only talking about training and discipline then. Well,a lot of fighters train hard too but the difference is that they take more fights than Colby does. It is possible that a guy that has great cardio already from years of past sports performance(wrestling, basketball, football..etc) can take it easy in the gym and showcase great pace in fights especially if they dont fight often. There are a lot of athletes that go hard during games/fights but take training less seriously. Yes it is a preference to fight the way he does. Guys don't do it because they can't it's because they have different fighting styles, bodies, backgrounds...etc. Colbys whole pace thing is his preference and he's already had good cardio from years of being a wrestler.

If fighting for the title is the goal, then is it really a tough fight to take? A lot of people would fight a professional fighter for 20 seconds if given a nice prize/large sums of money. The title belt was that for Colby. So, no, him chosing to fight Usman again wasn't a tough fight for him. A tought fight for him would have been proving his top contender ranking and fighting guys like Leon and Burns instead of Woodley.

. Ive grown up with my parents my entire life and would know if they were my parents. I doubt you've spent a minute left alone days and years living with Colby. It's funny how Colby tells you he's full of crap yet there's people willing to believe his fake front.

I don't even know where to start, many fighters who specifically prepare for 5 round fights struggle to maintain a good output in the later rounds, fighters who train for their one opportunity to become champions gas out and wilt in championship rounds, but you think the only reason more fighters don't melt people with cardio, is because they prefer not to do it. Even if you just go by common sense, if everyone could just up their pace if they decided, then why are they letting Colby and other pressure fighters who use cardio do that to them?

You can't just sit on your ass and maintain your conditioning, just because you did years of wrestling or some other sport, that's literally laughable that you believe that. Even a machine like Volkanovski flat out says he can't keep the same pace on short notice, when he fought Islam the second time. I get that you don't like Colby, but Jesus are you really going to argue that he doesn't train hard?

You can spend as much time as you want with someone, people get married and start families with fucking serial killers and don't know about it. My point is anyone could be lying to you about anything, he says he doesn't drink, cool I believe him, I don't really give a shit either way. Never met the guy and don't expect to, don't care.

 

[RockyLockridge]

You can spend as much time as you want with someone, people get married and start families with fucking serial killers and don't know about it. My point is anyone could be lying to you about anything, he says he doesn't drink, cool I believe him, I don't really give a shit either way. Never met the guy and don't expect to, don't care.

I only believe he doesn't drink because i believe his coaches from ATT say that about him. I don't care if he says he doesn't drink. but everyone around him says he has no vices, does not drink, does not party, just trains and trains and trains. This isn't what he's said himself, but only what i've heard third party.

 

[svmr_db]

He's already had the title for almost 2 years and has only one defense. Look how long this fight with colby got dragged out for. They even tried to give him homecrowd and make the event in London this past july.

I dunno i already see Leon as stalling, This fight should have happened this past summer. Leon has still only fought once in the last 365 days.

"Almost 2 years" lol it's been almost 2 years since August 2022?

Leon should've fought in the summertime sure but it's hardly indicative of a trend of inactivity as a champion. They put him on ice after the 2nd Usman fight, they had to have them wait for the UK card in March.

 

[SkinnyClaw]

I only believe he doesn't drink because i believe his coaches from ATT say that about him. I don't care if he says he doesn't drink. but everyone around him says he has no vices, does not drink, does not party, just trains and trains and trains. This isn't what he's said himself, but only what i've heard third party.

I would imagine when you're a famous UFC fighter there is no point lying about something like this, especially when you're as disliked as Colby, there would be at least 10 people waiting to contradict him if he wasn't honest about his training habits

 

[newms84]

Fighting masvidal twice is garbage.

It's apparently enough to still get a title shot even after those two losses. So that's a garbage win Colby as well right? If we take away that garbage win as you call it, Colby hasn't won a fight in over three years

 

[wwkirk]

I secretly want Colby to win solely to irritate The Dog.
But I voted neutrally.

 

[RockyLockridge]

"Almost 2 years" lol it's been almost 2 years since August 2022?

Leon should've fought in the summertime sure but it's hardly indicative of a trend of inactivity as a champion. They put him on ice after the 2nd Usman fight, they had to have them wait for the UK card in March.

Yeah but the ufc pushed for his second defense much sooner he sustained little damage in the rematch with usman kinda crazy this fight has taken the whole year to materialize

It's apparently enough to still get a title shot even after those two losses. So that's a garbage win Colby as well right? If we take away that garbage win as you call it, Colby hasn't won a fight in over three years

yes it is a garbage win but its title fight worthy if masvidal can get back to back title shots then beating him should put you on the short list of title contenders. I do not condone it, but if you’re going to give him back to back title shots even after complete losses for zero reason, then yeah beating him should theoretically earn you a title shot. Can’t have one without the other and if I had a choice masvidal would have never got the second shot, as thus, Colby would have to ACTUALLY earn a title fight. I would have liked that.

 

[newms84]

Yeah but the ufc pushed for his second defense much sooner he sustained little damage in the rematch with usman kinda crazy this fight has taken the whole year to materialize

yes it is a garbage win but its title fight worthy if masvidal can get back to back title shots then beating him should put you on the short list of title contenders. I do not condone it, but if you’re going to give him back to back title shots even after complete losses for zero reason, then yeah beating him should theoretically earn you a title shot. Can’t have one without the other and if I had a choice masvidal would have never got the second shot, as thus, Colby would have to ACTUALLY earn a title fight. I would have liked that.

I get what you're saying but endorsing doubling down on mistakes doesn't seem the best way to go. If Mas is a garbage win it shouldn't get you a title shot regardless of past mistakes.