Welterviktsmästaren Tyron Woodley kommer nu att gå sitt nästa titelförsvar mot Darren Till under UFC 228 i september och interimmästaren Colby Covington kommer troligtvis att bli ifråntagen sitt bälte. Den före detta mellanviktsmästaren Michael Bisping kan därför glädjas över detta, då han vid flera tillfällen varit i tjafs med Covington, bland annat efter att Covington tog hem interimbältet.
Bisping hade följande att säga när han fick veta om matchningen mellan Woodley och Till, via MMAJunkie:
Peak @bisping here as he reacts to @darrentill2’s title shot and @colbycovmma being stripped. Better damn well watch this. pic.twitter.com/YOst2yAGDv
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohnMMA) July 27, 2018
Darren Till, first and foremost, good luck my friend. Go out there, represent England — but screw England, he’s doing this for himself, and I think he’s got a very good chance of winning this fight. Tyron Woodley, of course, is an incredibly tough opponent. He’s a dominant champion, and he’s great, he is, all around, as is Darren.
Wonderboy’, Till… very similar opponents, so I see the fight playing out very, very similar. The Woodley-Wonderboy fights were close. I think this fight will be close as well. I think they’ll be very similar fights.
Det här hade Bisping att säga om omständigheterna kring matchningen och att Covington kommer att bli ifråntagen bältet:
The circumstances around [the fight]? I always say the belts aren’t worth the leather that they’re printed on and this highlights it. That’s not disrespecting the UFC, that’s their business and they’re going to do what they’ve got to do. That’s why I threw my belt on the floor against Robert Whittaker. That’s why I told Colby Covington to take a long walk off a short pier when he talked shit on that [post-fight show]. Everyone was like ‘he just won the belt, how can you talk shit?’ I said ‘no he didn’t win the belt. He didn’t just win the belt!’ And here we go. Did he win the belt? Is he the champion? No.
Colby Covington, good luck going to President Trump with empty hands. At least I’m holding a beer. What are you holding?
Kommentaren om Donald Trump syftar på att Covington tidigare berättade att han skulle besöka Vita huset och ställa bältet i Ovala rummet.
