Colby Covington rips Belal Muhammad, Leon Edwards

Colby Covington did not tune into UFC 304, but that did not stop the three-time welterweight title-fight loser from publicly sharing his uneducated opinion on the main event between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad.

Muhammad claimed the undisputed 170-pound championship this past weekend after a convincing victory over Edwards by unanimous decision at Co-op Live in Manchester, England. In an interview with Submission Radio, Covington expressed his lack of surprise at the outcome, attributing it to Edwards not having anything to prove after defeating him in their previous encounter last December to retain his title.

“Not really, just because I know that Leon made so much money in the last fight with me, that I don’t think he’s hungry anymore,” Covington said. “I think he’s lost his motivation. He has nothing more to fight for. What is he fighting for? He’s already achieved everything that he’s set out to do. He’s reached the top of the mountain. He’s not the type of guy that’s gonna get knocked down, get back up and fight harder. He’s a quitter. He’s shown it in the past, and you can tell he just doesn’t have that hunger anymore.”

“I don’t know what happened in the fight or how the fight went, but I could just tell you that I knew Leon wasn’t gonna be motivated. I think that’s the last we saw of him. Now Leon can go back to the prelims where he belongs.”

Although Covington has never faced Muhammad, they have a history of engaging in trash talk. Despite Muhammad’s achievements over the weekend, Covington’s assessment of the new champion was predictably harsh.

“The guy’s a f*cking p*ssy,” Covington said. “The only time that (Belal Muhammad) wanted to fight me was when I already had a title fight signed, sealed and delivered. That’s the only time he’s wanted to fight me, otherwise he’s never said my name because he’s a little b*tch. He knows what I would do to him. If I cross paths with him, he won’t be champion anymore. He won’t be a man anymore. I will take his man card. … I’d love to fight him. I hope that fight happens. I’ll do whatever it takes to get to that.”