Last week, Colby Covington went on record to say he had food poisoning ahead of of his UFC 245 title fight against Kamaru Usman in December. His weakened state at the time, he says, prevented him from wrestling, his best known weapon in a fight.
But in a recent interview with MMA Junkie, “Chaos” gave a different reason why he chose to keep the fight standing.
“No, I was not surprised one bit that he didn’t want to wrestle because he knows that if he wrestles a D1 all-star like me, he’s going to get exposed and he’s going to get tired, and he’s going to gas,” Covington said.