Colby Covington Fires Back At Anthony Smith

Colby Covington fires back at #1 contender Anthony Smith, who is preparing for the biggest fight thus far in his MMA career.

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is slated to make his next title defense against Smith in the headliner of the UFC 235 pay-per-view event. Earlier this month, Colby attempted to troll Jones on Twitter. This led to Smith shutting him down.

The former interim UFC welterweight champion fired back at some recent comments made by Smith in an interview.

“Yeah, he’s a total mark. The guy, he hasn’t beat anybody that wasn’t 10 years past their prime coming off the steroids,” Covington told Submission Radio (H/T to MMAMania). “He’s on what, a three-fight win streak and he was just getting knocked out by 185-ers. So, the guy’s a complete joke. Everything he’s saying, ‘oh, we were in the gym’, dude, you never came up to me in the gym, you trained on the opposite side of the gym, who’s the b-tch?

“Like, the guy’s irrelevant, he shouldn’t even be fighting for a title,” he continued. “But hats off to him, he’s getting a title shot. But I’m gonna stick to winning belts. He’s never gonna be winning a belt, so that’s something we ain’t going to have to worry about. I’m gonna stick to winning belts and go to the White House.”

Covington made it clear that he isn’t quite ready to jump on that bandwagon of Smith that many people have done. This is despite the recent success that Smith has had under the UFC banner that led to him to the path of a title shot.

“I could give a f—k less about the guy. He’s a junior, he’s not on my level. He shouldn’t even be talking to a King. He’s never gonna win a belt, he’s never gonna go to the White House,” he said of Smith. “The guy’s an amateur and he shouldn’t even be fighting for a title, but he’s in one of the weakest divisions in the UFC, so hats off to him.

“He gets his show up money to take a loss and that’s the end of him. We’re focusing on me.”