UFC 296: Colby Covington Goes Off On Khamzat Chimaev For "Ruining" Planned Fight

Covington claims Chimaev ruined their potential UFC fight.

Colby Covington continues to hurl digs at Khamzat Chimaev.

Covington has a UFC welterweight title fight coming up against champion Leon Edwards on December 16, but he has a few choice words for Khamzat Chimaev.

Chimaev has certainly known how to ruffle some feathers in the UFC, which is perhaps one thing he shares in common with Covington. The two have even been hurling barbs at one another. "Borz" has claimed that Covington is "scared" to fight him, while "Chaos" has declared that Chimaev "sucks" inside the Octagon.

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During an interview with ESPN's Brett Okamoto, Colby Covington said that he didn't intend to be away from action for almost two years.

"It's been extremely tough because as soon as I got done with that fight with Jorge in March I went backstage to Hunter Campbell and I said, 'Hunter, I want to fight again in June or July. Get me back in there. I need to fight. I'm in my prime right now, I want to go capitalize."

Covington claimed that he was due for a massive showdown with Khamzat Chimaev, but he says "Borz's" inability to make the welterweight limit consistently iced those plans.

"They were looking at setting up that fight with that motherf***** Khamzat Chimaev, but he's unprofessional, he's a clown," Covington said. "He's out there laughing when he's missing weight by 10 pounds, making a fool of this publicly-traded beautiful company of the UFC, making a fool laughing while you're ruining their main event pay-per-view. So, he's not accountable, he's not someone they can trust in that spotlight."

Chimaev is coming off a unanimous decision victory over former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. While initially promised a title opportunity, Dricus Du Plessis will getting the first crack at Sean Strickland for the middleweight gold next.

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