CHICAGO — One of the common questions recently in MMA is whether or not Colby Covington’s new trash-talking public persona is real or just a character. Mirsad Bektic doesn’t have to wonder.
Bektic, a UFC featherweight, roomed with Covington for four years while they were both training at American Top Team. And he says that Covington’s outward personality now is not too far off from how Covington is in private.
“Colby, I think he’s always had a chip on his shoulder, that kind of guy,” said Bektic, who fights Ricardo Lamas at UFC 225 here at United Center on Saturday night.