UFC Middleweight Ace Sean Strickland Blasts ‘Fake’ Colby Covington

Reigning middleweight king Sean Strickland went on a verbal tirade against Colby Covington in his appearance at the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s seasonal press conference on Friday.

Covington (17-3) is set to challenge Leon Edwards (21-3) for the welterweight title at UFC 296 this weekend. Leading up to the event, “Chaos” not only aimed his distasteful humor at his upcoming opponent, but he also made his disdain for Strickland (28-5) very clear, labeling the middleweight champ a “pathetic human being.”

Responding to Covington's verbal attack, Strickland retorted:

“Colby is an utter piece of sh*t... “If you know Colby on a personal level, he f*cked over everybody he f*cking knows. I take Colby as a personal insult to me because the Trumpsters, the Republicans, you guys are my f*cking people; the blue-collar workers. You guys are my f*cking people, and you guys have a c*nt like Colby come in here taking advantage. He don’t give a f*ck about you.

“Him making fun of Leon’s dad, that is the biggest f*cking c*nt move you can do. Leon’s mom, dad -- bad guy or good guy, it doesn’t matter. She raised a boy to be a f*cking man, to win a title and be a good man. A real f*king American would applaud him for that, he wouldn’t tear him down. Colby is a fake f*king p*ssy. If he were standing here right now, the only thing he would do is call 911 because he’s the definition of a f*cking b*tch.”

Strickland (28-5) is set to face South Africa's Dricus Du Plessis (20-2) for his first title defense on Jan. 20 at UFC 297. In the co-main event, Raquel Pennington will take on Mayra Bueno Silva for the vacant bantamweight title. The event will take place at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.