Colby Covington: UFC 315 headliners Belal Muhammad, Jack Della Maddalena 'don't draw flies to sh*t'
Colby Covington sees Belal Muhammad vs. Jack Della Maddalena doing low numbers at UFC 315.
Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) defends his welterweight title against Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in the May 10 main event (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) took aim at the star power of both headliners.
"I see that bout really boring the fans," Covington said in an interview with Tim Welch. "I feel bad for the fans that that's what they get for a title fight. That's just piss poor, and two losers in the sport that don't draw flies to sh*t."
Covington is no longer in the title picture after back-to-back losses to Leon Edwards and Joaquin Buckley. He is not short of options with the likes of Themba Gorimbo, Michael Chiesa, and Michael Page calling him out, but the former interim welterweight champion is only eyeing big fights.
"Anybody that has that big name (is who I want next)," Covington said. "Big fights, wherever the biggest and best fights that I can get done for the UFC, that's what I want to do. We've got to see how things are going. There are a couple of people who have been running my name through their mouths, so they can get their mouth shut for sure. But I've got to see what the UFC wants to do.
"I want legacy fights, big fights, former champions, big, high-level fights – not guys that are just coming up and just starting to build their name because I've been here, I've done that, I'm a world champion. It doesn't matter what my ranking is. I'm the champion of the division. I'm the biggest draw, and I'm the biggest star in the division. So anytime I fight, it's a championship fight."
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