“Nothing Pretty About His Game”- Henry Cejudo Explains Why ‘Cockroach’ Colby Covington Will Be a ‘Problem’ for Khamzat Chimaev

Henry Cejudo, off late, has taken the role of an MMA coach. He’s associated himself with names like Jon Jones, Demetrious Johnson, Jiri Prochazka, Weili Zhang, and others as their training mentor and guide. 

Furthermore, he’s also found major success in coaching these fighters, since the majority of them have ended up winning after training with him. A large portion of this contributes to Cejudo’s high fight IQ and his ability to break down a fighter’s fighting style. 

Nevertheless, apart from training fighters in the gym, Triple C also dissects the intricate fighting style of different fighters on his YouTube channel. Only recently, he discussed the fight pattern of UFC welterweight, Colby Covington. Moreover, he called him a “cockroach” while describing his style of fight. 

Henry Cejudo called Colby Covington a ‘cockroach’ as a compliment

Meanwhile, one might think that labeling someone as a cockroach would definitely mean insulting them. However, this was not the case with Cejudo’s comments. The Olympic Goad medalist didn’t compare Chaos’ personality but rather his fighting style to a cockroach. 

The former UFC double champ said, “.@ColbyCovMMA is a cockroach, and I mean that as a compliment. Nothing pretty about his game, but he’ll exhaust you with his wrestling & forward pressure. He’s going to be a problem for @KChimaev in a 5-round fight.”

He called the All-American fighting style grueling and exhausting. Moreover, he also mentioned that the longer the fight goes, the more the opponent defends him, and the better fighter Covington becomes. Meanwhile, pointing out the fact that this style could cause a problem for his speculated future opponent, Khamzat Chimaev.

Is Colby Covington fighting Khamzat Chimaev?

Although nothing is officially announced as yet, the talks of Chaos vs Borz are getting stronger day by day. With more fighters and MMA media talking about the potential match-up, fans believe it’s a matter of time before the UFC gives this fight a green signal.

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Fans and media also speculate that this fight would serve as the co-main event to the Kamaru Usman vs Leon Edwards trilogy fight for the belt. However, both fights are just being discussed by the public with no confirmation from the UFC. 

It’s an interesting matchup since both fighters are wrestlers and very high-pressure fighters. If they make the bout official, fans would definitely be in for a treat.

What do you think about the potential matchup? Will either of the fighters be able to take one other down? Let us know. 

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