Colby Covington makes vile joke about Leon Edwards’ useless father

Colby Covington‘s vile comment about Leon Edwards‘ murdered late father threatened to trigger chaos on the UFC 296 press convention.  

Brit Edwards sat alongside his American rival Covington in Las Vegas to talk forward of the combat, however issues turned private halfway by means of the open occasion inside MGM Arena. 

‘I’m bringing you to the seventh layer of hell,’ Trump-supporting Covington instructed Edwards, earlier than including: ‘We’ll say “what’s up” to your dad whereas we’re there.’

Edwards’ demeanor shortly modified and he threw a water bottle at his rival, who was carrying a ‘Make America Great Again’ cap, in addition to fancy gown as George Washington. 

The bottle struck Covington, resulting in each fighters instantly standing as much as confront one another earlier than safety stepped in to separate them. 

Colby Covington got here to the UFC 296 press convention in fancy gown on Thursday afternoon

Tempers frayed between the pair when Covington made a joke about Leon Edwards’ dad

British fighter Edwards was calm till Covington made a distasteful joke about his late father

Covington’s jibes on the press convention had been largely light-hearted, if sometimes distasteful, till he overstepped the mark by a substantial distance. 

Edwards instantly threw a water bottle that linked with the American’s midriff, leapt to his ft and tried to get at his opponent , with safety swiftly intervening.

Covington then continued: ‘Little f*****g p***y. Ultimate Feeling champion he is not an Ultimate Fighting champion. Better get the tissues prepared.’ 

The crowd then began chanting ‘USA’, earlier than Covington stated: ‘1776 child. This is the American revolution. General Washington began it, General Covington ends it.’

Edwards’ father was shot and killed in a London nightclub when the MMA star was simply 13. ‘Rocky’ has since stated he believes the motive of the assassin was a dispute over cash. 

Edwards was raised by his mom and has beforehand recalled being instructed the tragic information about his father when he was a younger teen. 

Edwards, pictured right here (L-R) along with his sister, mom and grandmother – credit his mum as crucial affect on his life and he or she took care of the household as a single mum

Edwards and Covington confronted off forward of their enormous foremost occasion at UFC 296

He stated: ‘It was most likely like 2am. I used to be in my room. Mum was in her room. We hear the cellphone ringing. I heard her crying, and I knew from then one thing unhealthy, you recognize. 

‘Eventually, she got here into my room and simply instructed me this, your dad’s simply bought killed in London. It was one thing to do with cash. I do not know what precisely. It was some mad s***, however I knew that it might occur.

‘It f****d me up. It pushed me extra into gang life and crime, towards the unfavourable. My mid-teens had been my darkest years,’ he stated. 

Edwards is normally extremely cool however evidently Covington’s grim jibe was past the pale and provoked the response he little question sought. 

‘Keep that very same vitality backstage’, he instructed the challenger to his welterweight title.

Edwards is the present welterweight champion and has not been crushed for eight years

Earlier within the press convention, Covington had gone after Edwards, saying: ‘Course you do not know what I’m going for, you did not even graduate elementary college. You’re a f***ing fool, actually what’s your degree of schooling I’d like to know. 

‘I’m the folks’s champ. I’ve bought a query for the folks. Did you come out right here to help these crimson coat m****erf*****s?’

Edwards stated: ‘Obviously you may overlook Colby as a result of he is dressed like that. He is a good fighter however that will not save him on Saturday night time.’