LAS VEGAS – Dana White usually lets a lot fly in terms of comments from UFC athletes, but he thinks Colby Covington crossed the line this past week in the buildup to UFC 296.
Covington, a known antagonizer, brought up Leon Edwards’s murdered father during their pre-fight press conference Thursday and later doubled down on his comments. The trash talk not only got a reaction from Edwards, who threw a water bottle at Covington and tried to rush him on stage, but also on White.
“It bothered everybody,” White said at the UFC 296 post-fight press conference. “What I say, it’s true: We’re in the fight game, and lots of mean things are said. (But) one of the things that I really don’t like is family (trash talk).
