Colby Covington managed to create rifts between some of his teammates at American Top Team. But in a surprising turn of events, “Chaos” is actually squashing one of those beefs.
Covington was still attacking Poirier during his recent conversation with Ariel Helwani, when he first revealed he was trying to patch things up.
“That’s what makes the whole thing stupid. He’s a little lightweight washout and he’s trying to call out the greatest welterweight of all-time, me, myself,” Covington said of Poirier (transcript by MMA Fighting). “The whole thing from the start is just fake news and it makes no sense.