Colby Covington does not approve of Bo Nickal pulling out of his Actual American Freestyle (RAF) 05 struggle in opposition to Yoel Romero on the final minute and considers the UFC middleweight “an entire coward” for it.
Covington headlined RAF 05 in opposition to ex-UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, successful the bout by a technical fall. Nickal vs. Romero was slated to be the penultimate struggle of the occasion, with Nickal’s RAF mild heavyweight title on the road.
The collegiate wrestling legend, nevertheless, selected to withdraw from the match after ‘Soldier of God’ missed weight for the occasion. Throughout an interview with Ariel Helwani, Nickal revealed that Romero had weighed in at 212 kilos for his or her 205-pound bout.
That is the second time the matchup has been scheduled and scrapped. Nickal had additionally withdrawn from their first scheduled struggle at RAF 04.
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‘Chaos’, nevertheless, feels it was cowardice on Nickal’s half to withdraw from the bout on account of a weight miss from a fighter who is far older than him. Talking with Submission Radio, Covington mentioned:
“It’s embarrassing, b**o Nickal is an entire coward. He’s a quitter. The truth that he didn’t wish to wrestle a man who missed weight by a few kilos. The man is 17 years older than you. He’s nearly 50 years outdated! Why are you apprehensive a couple of man that is nearly 50 years outdated… That is two occasions in a row he has pulled out from wrestling Yoel Romero within the Actual American Freestyle… It is embarrassing, however it is sensible. Everyone knows b**o Nickal is a quitter.”
Covington didn’t cease there and referred to as out Nickal for his knockout loss to Reinier de Ridder, who’s primarily a grappler. As ‘Chaos’ sees it, the 29-year-old has achieved little of significance in MMA.
Try Colby Covington’s feedback beneath:
Colby Covington additionally shot down Bo Nickal’s UFC White Home callout
It seems Colby Covington needs nothing to do with Bo Nickal after the latter withdrew from RAF 05.
The pair had a heated verbal altercation throughout the pre-match press convention, with ‘Chaos’ and Luke Rockhold teaming to query Nickal’s MMA credentials. This prompted a fiery callout from the wrestling extraordinaire, urging Covington to face him at UFC White Home.
‘Chaos’, nevertheless, was in no temper to entertain Nickal’s callouts. In the course of the RAF 05 post-fight presser, Covington mentioned:
“Oh, the quitter Bo Nickal? I name him b**o Nickals. He bailed on RAF the final struggle in opposition to Yoel. He bailed on this one… So you recognize Bo is a quitter. I haven’t got time for quitters. He can get in line, as a result of there’s a lengthy listing of people that wish to compete in opposition to me in RAF. I need guys which might be reliable, guys which might be firm males… B**o Nickals isn’t that man.”
Edited by Ujwal Jain