Daniel Cormier warns Colby Covington his “gimmick” could haunt him after back-to-back losses
Colby Covington's heel persona, which has seen him evolve into one of MMA's most provocative characters, may come back to haunt him, according to Daniel Cormier.
'Chaos' has been close the summit of the welterweight division since 2018, but after back-to-back defeats to Leon Edwards and Joaquin Buckley, 'DC' believes Covington's career may be headed downhill.
Cormier noted that the villainous persona adopted by the welterweight has been effective because he has won more fights than he had lost. But his recent defeat to Buckley at UFC Tampa saw what appeared to be a changing of the guard, with 'New Mansa' proving to be too strong and dynamic for his opponent to deal with.
The former two-division champion recently discussed Covington's career options from here in a YouTube video, saying:
"I'm not here to s**t on Colby Covington, I'm really not. But I want your guys' opinion as to what happens now for a guy that's lived at the top of the sport for so long and partly due to the fact that he was loud, he was boisterous and he was all those other things."
He continued:
"My mother told me, don't dance on a man's grave when he's down and out. It sounds like these dudes are all dancing on Covington's grave... Does it feel okay to do that because of what he's done in the past?"
Catch Daniel Cormier discuss Colby Covington below (10:30):
Belal Muhammad took great satisfaction from Colby Covington's loss to Joaquin Buckley
Colby Covington suffered consecutive losses for the first time in his career following his clash with Joaquin Buckley at UFC Tampa. 'Chaos' was a short-notice replacement for Ian Machado Garry, who replaced an injured Belal Muhammad at UFC 310 to face Shavkat Rakhmonov.
Covington was dominated by Buckley for much of the fight, suffering a massive cut above his eye which saw the fight stopped at the end of round three.
Following the bout's conclusion, Muhammad shared his thoughts on the result during an interview with Sirius XM. He said:
"It felt so good to watch [Covington] bleed. I was just hoping the doctor would let it go a little bit more because now you open the door for Colby to make excuses... Bro, you're literally getting pieced up in every way. You're losing the grappling, you're losing the striking, you're losing the kickboxing, you even lost the walkout."
Catch Belal Muhammad discussing Colby Covington's loss below: