5 Years After Heated ‘White House’ Exchange, Michael Bisping Changes Tunes on Colby Covington: “He Was So Respectful”

UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping was one of the members of the broadcast panel for UFC 286. He talked about Leon Edwards‘ win and Dana White announcing Colby Covington as the next contender for the welterweight title. Bisping took the time to share a recent encounter with ‘Chaos’ at the airport in London.

Michael Bisping mentioned that after UFC 286 ended, he was supposed to appear in a post-fight show with ‘BT Sport’ and then get back to his hotel. He spent some time in the hotel bar and then traveled to the airport to catch his flight. However, he bumped into Colby Covington while waiting there for his flight.

Colby Covington surprised Michael Bisping at the airport

Bisping mentioned that he reached the airport earlier than usual, but unfortunately, his flight was delayed. However, as he was waiting, someone jumped him from behind. He said, “My flight’s delayed so I’m hanging around the airport for 4 hours after not sleeping all night…. And I’m standing there and all of a sudden someone dives at me from behind. And I jumped because I am a nervous son of a b*tch.” 

However, the person was none other than Colby Covington. “I jump out of my skin and I’m terrified and I look right, it’s Colby Covington,” said Bisping. He added, “This son of a b*tch was like ‘What’s up, Mike?”

Bisping mentioned that ‘Chaos’ had arrived there with his team and claimed that he was respectful and nice to him. He said, “He was there with his team so we were having a quick catch-up. You know what? Colby’s a solid dude, man. Honestly, he was so respectful.”

But their relationship was not as rosy as it is now in the past.

Bisping and Covington had a heated confrontation a few years ago

Things weren’t always nice between the UFC Hall of Famer and the welterweight title contender. They had an odd and heated verbal scuffle on the post-fight show of UFC 225 when Covington beat Rafael dos Anjos via a unanimous decision to become the interim welterweight champion.

The heated altercation took place live on air as the fans got to witness every bit of the words exchanged by the two UFC personalities. However, things seemed to have calmed down between Bisping and Covington, as both share a cordial relationship now.

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Colby Covington will seek to carry the momentum from his last fight to his championship match against Leon Edwards, who is currently riding on an 11-fight winning streak that started in 2016.

What do you make of Bisping’s comments on Covington? What are your thoughts? Do you think Colby Covington can defeat Leon Edwards? Let us know in the comments down below.

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