Coach Ray Longo can’t stand Colby Covington, and his antics leading up to UFC 296 only strengthened that sentiment.
Covington (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) took a lot of heat for making a distasteful comment about welterweight champion Leon Edwards’ murdered father during the UFC 296 pre-event news conference.
An emotional Edwards (22-3 MMA, 14-2 UFC) admitted it took a lot of restraint not to unload on Covington in the moment, and he managed to put on a composed performance to shut him down in this past Saturday’s main event at T-Mobile Arena. Longo wasn’t having any of Covington’s attempts to sell the fight and thinks he majorly crossed the line.
“I’ve got absolutely no use for the guy at all. I just don’t,” Longo said on the “Anik & Florian Podcast.” “Ever since he threatened you (Anik), he knows where you live, he can go f*ck himself. Couldn’t give a sh*t about that guy. What he did with Leon Edwards I think is atrocious. You know, there’s promoting a fight, then there’s being a total f*cking misfit in life, and that’s the way I see it with that guy.”
Longo also was enraged by Covington’s insults toward Stephen Thompson during the same pre-event news conference, where he called “Wonderboy” a pedophile because he serves as a karate teacher for kids.
“Colby, you’re sucking the f*cking life out of the community,” Longo said. “Like a leech on society, and now you’re attacking this guy. It’s just too much for me. I don’t care for it. And, man, talk about karma, because what a piece of sh*t that fight was. I mean, the guy did absolutely nothing and to be able to take a pro-Colby crowd, and by the end of the fight have the crowd against you, good luck, my man.
“I hope it was worth the money, the extra 25 percent or whatever. I hope it was worth it, because I can promise you that he will regret a lot of sh*t for the rest of your life. I think he cost (Donald) Trump the election. How’s that? ‘Oh, Mr. President, Mr. President is here to watch me. Who do you got? The Queen of England.’ This motherf*cker called somebody a dope? I’d love to see this guy’s college transcripts. He’s a f*cking moron.”
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