“Desperate” Colby Covington Receives Ugly Backlash as Ian Garry & Layla Machado Vitriol Leaves UFC World Divided

The former UFC welterweight champion, Colby Covington hasn’t made much ruckus ever since losing his fight against the current UFC welterweight champion, Leon Edwards. However “Chaos” announced his return to the with a video he uploaded on social media where he didn’t hold back even a little in responding to the young Irish prospect, Ian Garry.

Despite Ian Machado Garry being by far one of the most disliked fighters in the UFC at the moment, “Chaos” still failed to get fight fans over to his side during his recent response video.

Colby Covington gets major backlash over his video response to Ian Garry

In typical Covington fashion, there were no likes drawn during his response video. He not only went after Garry but also his wife, whom many class fighters would frown upon. However, being that it is Covington we’re talking about, the former title challenger put up horrible stipulations for him to accept the 26-year-old’s callout. But fight fans surprisingly didn’t take the bait this time around.

One fan seems to believe that Covington has lost the respect of the former POTUS, Donald Trump and fight fans after his performance against Leon Edwards at UFC 296.

Another believes that “Chaos” would’ve had a much worse performance against Geoff Neal.

One Covington fan seems to feel that Covington’s promos don’t have the same zeal after his most recent performance.

A comment pointed out a part in the promo where Colby Covington unintentionally roasted himself.

One fan seems to believe that Covington should retire after his  performance against Edwards.

Another claimed that they would rather watch the Irishman go up in rankings than watch another lackluster Colby Covington fight.

One seemed to enjoy his promo but believed that he doesn’t have what it takes to back his talks up.

There seem to be quite a lot of people who seem to be judging the American after his recent loss to Edwards. But what led to Colby Covington making such a personal callout? Here’s how Ian Machado Garry called Covington out for their fight.

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Ian Garry’s callout of “Chaos”

Ian Machado Garry after his win against his most dangerous opponent yet, Geoff Neal, addressed his beef with Colby Covington. He made it quite apparent that he had no respect for the former interim champion and made some pretty bold comments on their matchup.

During the post-fight press conference of UFC 298, Garry stated, “I promise you I will end that flight. I’ll finish that flight, and I’ll rid the UFC. I’ll rid the UFC of Colby Covington for once and for all. Like he needs to be gone. I’m sick of his nonsense. He’s a piece of shit…I will punch them out of him and I hope I hit him so hard. He’s never able to speak again.”

How close do you guys think that we are to getting a fight between Colby “Chaos” Covington and Ian Machado Garry? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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