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Nicolas Atkin

Dana White has hit out at Colby Covington for turning down a fight with welterweight champion Kamaru Usman at UFC 244.
Former interim champion Covington was expected to headline Madison Square Garden with Usman on November 2.
But neither fighter could reach a deal and UFC president White quickly moved on to booking Jorge Masvidal against Nate Diaz for the “BMF” belt.
“You heard me say in interviews, that was the fight I was gonna make. Colby Covington can say whatever he wants. We make fights for a living, that’s what we do,” White said at Thursday night’s UFC 244 press conference in New York.


“We go after guys, we say this is next, this is the date. Do you want the fight? Right? And obviously he wanted more money to fight Usman.
“We went back and forth – this is the second time he’s done it. He had a fight in Dallas too. We said if you don’t wanna fight Usman, we’ll give you Tyron Woodley. He turned down Tyron Woodley too. You either wanna fight or you don’t. When Colby Covington’s ready to fight, he’ll let us know.”
Ben Askren calls Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman ‘idiots’ for passing up UFC 244 main event
White also suggested that the winner of the “BMF” belt could skip ahead of Covington in the queue for a welterweight title shot.
“This fight is big for the division, for who’s next in the title picture,” he said. “A huge fan favourite fight, this is one of those fights.
“Diaz went out and beat Pettis, calls out Jorge. It took on a life of its own. It’s not only a fight people wanna see, it’s an important fight in the title picture.”


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‘Coly Covington can say whatever he wants … he wanted more money to fight Usman’
‘This is the second time he’s done it. When Colby’s ready to fight he’ll let us know’



‘This is the second time he’s done it,’ says UFC president; ‘when Colby’s ready to fight he’ll let us know.’


UFC: Dana White dismisses Colby Covington claims – ‘you either wanna fight or you don’t’

‘Coly Covington can say whatever he wants … he wanted more money to fight Usman’ ‘This is the second time he’s done it. When Colby’s ready to fight he’ll let us know’

‘Coly Covington can say whatever he wants … he wanted more money to fight Usman’

‘This is the second time he’s done it. When Colby’s ready to fight he’ll let us know’