{"id":300727,"date":"2023-12-16T18:26:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=300727"},"modified":"2023-12-16T18:26:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:26:08","slug":"colby-covington-claims-he-was-in-character-after-vile-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/mma\/colby-covington-claims-he-was-in-character-after-vile-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington claims he was &apos;in character&apos; after vile joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Colby Covington claims he was &#8216;in character&#8217; after making a vile joke about Leon Edwards&#8217; late father during a UFC 296 press conference ahead of their welterweight title clash<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Colby Covington appeared to distance himself from vile pre-fight comments<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;Chaos&#8217; told Leon Edwards he had been &#8216;in character&#8217; during press conference<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paddy &#8216;The Baddy&#8217; Pimblett MUST seize his moment in the UFC 296 limelight after seeing his career stutter &#8211; The Hook\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Colby Covington has insisted he was &#8216;in character&#8217; after making a vile remark about Leon Edwards&#8217; late father ahead of their UFC welterweight title fight on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial 35-year-old contender made a number of off-colour remarks towards Edwards at the UFC 296 press conference on Thursday, before leaving the champion incensed by targeting his late father.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m bringing you to the seventh layer of hell,&#8217; Covington told Edwards, before adding: &#8216;We&#8217;ll say &#8220;what&#8217;s up&#8221; to your dad while we&#8217;re there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Edwards immediately retaliated following the comment, throwing a water bottle at his rival before security intervened.<\/p>\n<p>The tension between the pair was palpable in the aftermath, but Covington appeared to retract his remark when the pair faced off at Friday&#8217;s ceremonial weigh-ins.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/17\/79038499-0-image-a-7_1702747123631.jpg\" height=\"461\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Colby Covington has appeared to walk back a vile remark he made about Leon Edwards&#8217; late father<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/17\/79038501-0-image-a-8_1702747127265.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>35-year-old contender twice told Edwards he was &#8216;in character&#8217; as they squared off ahead of their fight on Saturday<\/p>\n<p>In an interaction captured by the UFC&#8217;s Embedded, as he squared off with his opponent on the stage the former UFC interim champion twice remarked: &#8216;I was in character.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Edwards&#8217; father was shot and killed in a London nightclub when the MMA star was just 13. &#8216;Rocky&#8217; has since said he believes the motive of the murderer was a dispute over money.<\/p>\n<p>Covington&#8217;s distasteful joke drew criticism from a number of prominent figures from across the world of MMA.<\/p>\n<p>During the UFC&#8217;s seasonal press conference earlier this week the promotion&#8217;s outspoken middleweight champion, Sean Strickland made his feelings clear.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Colby Is an utter piece of s**t,&#8217; he said. &#8216;What it is, if you know Colby on a personal level, he f****d over everybody.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Him making fun of Leon\u2019s dad is the biggest c*** move you could ever do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And I take it as a personal insult to me, you guys, the Trump says are Republicans, you guys are my f*****g people, the blue collar workers, you guys are my f*****g people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Leon&#8217;s mum, she raised a boy to be a f*****g man to win a title to be a good man. And a real fucking American would, would applaud for that. So just so you know, Colby is a fake f*****g p****.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/17\/79038523-0-image-a-9_1702747172386.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland slammed Covington for the distasteful comment\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/17\/79038617-0-image-a-11_1702747335998.jpg\" height=\"367\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Heavyweight king Jon Jones voiced his support for Strickland&#8217;s criticisms in since-deleted post on social media<\/p>\n<p>UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones shared a dorm room with Covington when the pair were aspiring amateur wrestlers in college and has frequently detailed his dislike for &#8216;Chaos&#8217; over the years.<\/p>\n<p>The pound-for-pound great took to social media in the aftermath of Covington&#8217;s comments to call him a &#8216;heinous human being.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Couldn\u2019t agree with Strickland anymore.&#8217; Jones wrote in a since-deleted post on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Colby (Covington) is by far the most heinous human being I\u2019ve ever encountered in my life. I won\u2019t even get into personal stories, he\u2019s an absolutely terrible human being.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12871833\/Colby-Covington-claims-character-making-vile-joke-UFC-Leon-Edwards-late-father.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Covington claims he was &#8216;in character&#8217; after making a vile joke about Leon Edwards&#8217; late father during a UFC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Colby Covington claims he was &amp;apos;in character&amp;apos; after vile joke - All My Sports News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/mma\/colby-covington-claims-he-was-in-character-after-vile-joke\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colby Covington claims he was &amp;apos;in character&amp;apos; 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