Colby
Covington recently went off on Ian Garry’s
performance against Michael
Page at UFC 303
on Saturday.
Garry and Page started off the UFC 303 main card action at the
T-Mobile Arena with what turned out to be a lukewarm affair. While
Page had his moments on the feet, Garry controlled “MVP” on the
ground to rope in a unanimous decision win.
Covington believes Garry lost the fight. Garry had long rallied to
share a card with Conor
McGregor, who was originally scheduled to headline UFC 303
before pulling out due to a broken toe. Covington labeled Garry
“Corner McGregor,” poking fun at “The Future” for being “left at
the altar” by McGregor.
“I feel bad for the fans. The fans got robbed of a pay-per-view
opener,” Covington told Submission Radio. “That’s supposed to be the
opener [on] pay-per-view. So, that was pathetic. That guy [Garry]
was fighting the No. 14 ranked guy [Page] in the world and barely
scraping by. I think he lost the fight. So, I feel bad for the
fans. They got robbed. And it just shows how much of a bum he is.
Like, ‘Oh yeah, I wanna be on a Conor McGregor card.’ He was
willing to do whatever you want him to be on a Conor McGregor card
because his name is ‘Corner McGregor.’ He’s the Conor McGregor
wannabe, so he pulled all these strings to be on a Conor McGregor
card, and then Conor left him at the altar. I thought that was
pretty funny.”
Garry has been calling Covington out since “Chaos” went on an
online tirade against the Irishman and his wife. While Garry has
repeatedly accused Covington of ducking him, White recently
claimed that the former interim champ has never
shied away from a fight.
Covington also doubled down on his digs at Garry’s wife. Further
questioning Garry’s stardom, Covington noted that the undefeated
welterweight wasn’t bumped up to the co-main event slot despite
that fight being in jeopardy several times.
“I thought he was a star. I thought Ian Garry was a big name? What
happened? Like they had their co-main event fall through like six
or seven times,” Covington said. “There was a guy that was already
on the card, why couldn’t he get bumped up to co-main event? I
think that shows what the UFC thinks about the guy. The guy’s an
absolute nobody and he’s a bum, and he has no reason to talk about
anything. He keeps talking about this GOAT stuff. The only GOAT
that he has is his wife and she’s a throat GOAT, if you know what I
mean.”
While he had critiques of Garry’s performance, Covington claims
that he didn’t actually watch the bout on Saturday night.
“You think I would spend a Saturday night watching two jobbers
fight on pay-per-view? I got better things to do with my life,
brother,” Covington said. “I’m a multi-millionaire star athlete. I
gotta go out there and enjoy my life on a Saturday night. I wasn’t
watching fights, let alone two bumps in my division that I couldn’t
care less about.”
Covington hasn’t fought since a lopsided title loss against
Leon
Edwards at UFC 296 in December 2023. The former interim champ
has gone 2-3 since 2019, with all of his losses coming in title
fights.