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Former UFC Interim Welterweight Champion Colby Covington was the backup fighter for the UFC 286 main event between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman.
Belal Muhammad wanted to fight Covington at the event and he put Covington on blast for choosing a backup role for UFC 286, instead of meeting him in the Octagon.
“It’s laughable for Dana White to keep saying this guy is No. 2 in the world, one of the best fighters in the world, and he’s afraid to fight anybody that can beat him,” Muhammad told MMA Junkie. “He only beats guys coming off of losses, and he had an opportunity to fight me on this card. I was trying to fight on this card, I wasn’t trying to do no crazy negotiations or anything with the UFC. Our end was yes, yes, yes. It was back in January when we were trying to get it going and he turned it down, just to weigh in as a backup.
“Weigh in for nothing, and not have to fight because dude’s afraid. So it’s a joke, they need to start taking him out of the rankings, he doesn’t want to fight, he’s not trying to fight. I’m glad that the world is starting to notice it and see it now, because we both could have weighed in, he still could have been backup, and we both could have actually fought and got a paycheck for actually fighting, but he’s a coward.”
Covington is expected to face UFC Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards next, but nothing has been made official at this time.
