With a new welterweight champ, comes a new rant from the trash-talking Covington.
A new champion has been crowned in Belal Muhammad, who dominated Leon Edwards in their five-round main event over the weekend in Manchester, England. That title dream has long been Covington's, but the American has failed to capture the title on three separate occasions, twice against Kamaru Usman and the latter being Edwards last December at UFC 296.
"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 and we know he is still a virgin. So, it's not like anybody's gonna f*** him. 'cause he's just disgusting. Look at his teeth, look at that d**** on his face. He's just a disgusting excuse of a human. So, I'd love to fight him. I hope that fight happens. I'll do whatever it takes to get to that.
Covington is currently ranked No. 4 in the welterweight division with Rakhmonov and former foes Kamaru Usman and Edwards in front of him. Speaking of Edwards, "Chaos" would question the ex-champion's heart for how he performed against Muhammad in a somewhat lopsided fight. "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 of Edwards. "I think he's lost his motivation and he has nothing more to fight for. What is he fighting for? He has already achieved everything that he set out to do, he is reached the top of the mountain. So, he's not a type of guy that's gonna get knocked down and get back up and fight harder.
"He's a quitter, he's shown it in the past and he is just, you could tell he just doesn't have that hunger anymore... I knew that Leon wasn't gonna be motivated and I think that's the last we saw of Leon. Now, Leon can go back to the prelims where he belongs."
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