Colby Covington wants to be a triple champ

Leon Edwards about Colby Covington

Covington has received his own fair share of verbal thrashing from Leon Edwards. Of course, there are differences in how insults are thrown around. While Covington openly calls fighters names like he just did to Islam Makhachev, Edwards slyly makes fun of Covington’s character as if he barely considers it.

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Edwards has previously shown his wish to make Covington go quite. In a recent interview he couldn’t even wait to go in and “shut him up” since he’s such a big talker. Clearly his verbal spats have done little to deter the champion. Will Covington be able to bite the title away? Let us know your thoughts.

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