After Issuing WWE Threats to “Corrupt” UFC, Colby Covington Joins Team Dana White Over UFC Fighter Pay Issue

Colby Covington, the number one UFC welterweight contender, took a shot at fellow UFC fighters for complaining about their pay. However, ‘Chaos’ himself had raised this issue in 2019 and had threatened to leave the company. Now, though, he doesn’t seem to have a problem now.

According to reports, the Californian made $532,000 even though he lost the title rematch against the champion Kamaru Usman in November 2021. That said, Covington has a different stance about fighter pay now.

In an interview with Ariel Helwani, in 2019, Covington said, “UFC needs to pay up and if they don’t pay up after this fight you will probably see me in WWE.” He added, “I am willing to retire after Saturday night and go to WWE forever and leave this stupid corrupt business behind.”

However, in the latest episode of the Full Send Podcast, Covington changed his stance completely on the fighter pay issue. He said, “I think it’s a joke. I think all the people that are complaining about fighter pay are the same fighters that can’t put their name out there. And put any hype behind any of their fights.”

“So they don’t deserve to be paid, you know. So you can get your piece of the pie. But you need to earn it, you know. Nothing’s given here. There are no handouts here in America. If you want something, you know you got to get it and earn it.” Covington concluded. 

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After his loss against Usman at UFC 268, Covington bounced back into the win column by defeating his arch-nemesis Jorge Masvidal at UFC 272. Even though they took their beef inside the UFC cage, their animosity didn’t see an end.

Colby Covington presses charges against Jorge Masvidal gets slammed by Khabib Nurmagomedov

A few weeks after their fight, ‘Gamebred’ reportedly attacked ‘Chaos’ outside a Miami restaurant. Consequently, the former interim champion, Covington, pressed charges against Masvidal.

However, ‘Chaos’ received mixed reactions from the UFC community for doing so. One of the athletes who shared his thoughts on the conflict was the former lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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‘The Eagle’ took to his official Twitter account and slammed Covington for bringing Masvidal‘s family into his trash talks. Not only that, but Nurmagomedov also asked all the UFC welterweight fighters to boycott Covington.

What are your thoughts about Nurmagomedov’s comments on Covington? What do you guys think of Covington’s stance on the fighters’ pay? Let us know in the comments below.