UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington is at it again, and this time he says he’s willing to accept a title unification bout with Tyron Woodley on a day’s notice.
Speaking to BJPenn Radio in a recent interview, ‘Chaos’ hurled the usual insults at ‘T-Wood’ and accused the official champ of ducking him.
“Yo, TyQuil. I’m not saying NyQuil. There’s a new thing that’s been replaced,” Covington said. “If you have a sleeping disorder, just get TyQuil, Tyron Woodley, the gossip girl. You need to stop running, man. Stop f*****g making up all this s**t, all these lies. Oh, you can beat me easy. If I’m such an easy fight, come get this easy fight, mother f****r. You got my belt. You got something that belongs to me. So keep it warm for me because I’m coming to get it, mother f****r. F**k you, Tyron Woodley.”
Covington was originally expected to take on Woodley earlier this year, but the UFC scrapped the matchup after Covington tried to reschedule the bout for a later date. Instead, Woodley went to on to defend his title against Darren Till, submitting the Brit with a D’arce choke in the second round of the UFC 228 main event.
This time, however, the NCAA Division I wrestling powerhouse is willing to step up and challenge Woodley asap.
“I’m the number one contender. I’ve beaten these guys that Tyron fought,” Covington said. “I beat these guys a lot worse than Tyron beat them. So at the end of the day, I’m ready to fight Tyron at a week’s notice, a day’s notice, whenever he wants to go. But it’s ducking season. He’s going to be ducking me for a while.”
According to Covington, he took Woodley’s ‘soul’ in the gym during their sparring sessions at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida. Woodley, 36, now trains out of Roufusport in Wisconsin but claims he ‘tortured’ Covington in training.
“He’s fought me in the gym, and I’ve taken his soul in the gym. So he knows I’m a bad match-up, and he’s going to try and duck me as long as he can.”
Woodley sustained a thumb injury in his title defense against Till and is expected to be out of action for the rest of the year, so don’t expect to see Woodley vs. Covington anytime soon.