COLBY COVINGTON HAS not exactly endeared himself to Irish UFC fans this weekend.
The fighter taunted Cathal Pendred over his controversial victory against Sean Spencer and tweeted a series of inflammatory anti-Irish tweets.
The tweets included Covington’s ill-advised claim that he would bury Pendred “like the British did to the Irish” — a statement he later deleted.
Check out some of Covington’s provocative quips below.
@PendredMMA @ufc @danawhite @SuckerPunchEnt pic.twitter.com/nM6nOOQp6e— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) January 24, 2015
@PendredMMA @ufc @danawhite @SuckerPunchEnt pic.twitter.com/nM6nOOQp6e
@TheUFCDay It's funny these potato farmers can talk shit but can't take it back. I have Irish in my blood so them calling me racist is funny— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) January 24, 2015
@TheUFCDay It's funny these potato farmers can talk shit but can't take it back. I have Irish in my blood so them calling me racist is funny
I'm the guy on yours and all of Ireland's mind. Because cathal is scared and won't step up. @antoceltic67 @SevereMMA @PendredMMA— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) January 25, 2015
I'm the guy on yours and all of Ireland's mind. Because cathal is scared and won't step up. @antoceltic67 @SevereMMA @PendredMMA
@LDaly08 @daniellarkin96 @grahamg642 @TheNotoriousMMA @PendredMMA . Please don't associate my name with these dumb mick. Thanks— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) January 25, 2015
@LDaly08 @daniellarkin96 @grahamg642 @TheNotoriousMMA @PendredMMA . Please don't associate my name with these dumb mick. Thanks
@JamieCahalane @TheNotoriousMMA . They built Conor up to make money quick off you Irish. Soon he will drift away as if he never existed.— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) January 25, 2015
@JamieCahalane @TheNotoriousMMA . They built Conor up to make money quick off you Irish. Soon he will drift away as if he never existed.
@ufc @irishred5times @TheUFCDay @PendredMMA @TheNotoriousMMA @DustinPoirier line up every Irish scrub and I will finish them one by one!— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) January 24, 2015
@ufc @irishred5times @TheUFCDay @PendredMMA @TheNotoriousMMA @DustinPoirier line up every Irish scrub and I will finish them one by one!
@TheUFCDay all these filthy Irish are hilarious. There literally giving me countless laughs 😂😂— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) January 24, 2015
@TheUFCDay all these filthy Irish are hilarious. There literally giving me countless laughs 😂😂
Sbg sucks. One dimensional fighters. Not well rounded and deep team like @AmericanTopTeam @shanebgreen @blastdoubleleg @Gary_Carr_— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) January 25, 2015
Sbg sucks. One dimensional fighters. Not well rounded and deep team like @AmericanTopTeam @shanebgreen @blastdoubleleg @Gary_Carr_
@daniellarkin96 @grahamg642 @TheNotoriousMMA the Irish are delusional and all a joke to real mma fans. Il bury my fist in @PendredMMA face.— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) January 24, 2015
@daniellarkin96 @grahamg642 @TheNotoriousMMA the Irish are delusional and all a joke to real mma fans. Il bury my fist in @PendredMMA face.
And eventually, Pendred weighed in with a response…
@ColbyCovMMA You clearly don't know what you are talking about. Your stupidity is unbelievable! Fighting was obviously your ONLY option.— Cathal Pendred (@Pendred) January 24, 2015
@ColbyCovMMA You clearly don't know what you are talking about. Your stupidity is unbelievable! Fighting was obviously your ONLY option.
h/t Balls
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UFC fighter Colby Covington trolls Cathal Pendred with unfortunate anti-Irish tweets
COLBY COVINGTON HAS not exactly endeared himself to Irish UFC fans this weekend.
The fighter taunted Cathal Pendred over his controversial victory against Sean Spencer and tweeted a series of inflammatory anti-Irish tweets.
The tweets included Covington’s ill-advised claim that he would bury Pendred “like the British did to the Irish” — a statement he later deleted.
Check out some of Covington’s provocative quips below.
And eventually, Pendred weighed in with a response…
h/t Balls
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