Colby Covington and Paddy Pimblett made headlines in the MMA world after they got into a verbal altercation backstage at UFC 314.
In an interview with Full Send MMA, Colby Covington talked about the incident. Covington said he confronted Pimblett because the latter mentioned him several times.
"He’s been loving to run my name through his mouth in the media, he talks about me every chance he gets, so I just said, ‘What’s up, bro, do you want to talk about me to my face right now? Say something now. He had a mic in Vegas when I fought for the title, and he didn’t say sh-t, he sat there like a good little b-tch and didn’t say sh-t. He didn’t say his ‘little sausage’ lines, that Ellen DeGeneres looking nerd had nothing to say. I’m just sick of him running my name through his mouth, I’m gonna confront you and we’re gonna talk about it.
Let’s talk about facts, though, the facts are that the combined losing streak of his last three opponents is a 13-fight losing streak. He lost to a f--king drug addict. Everybody knows he really lost to that drug addict [Jared] Gordon that he fought.. He keeps putting my name in his mouth, he’s gonna end up with my foot in his a--."
Colby Covington just BLASTED Paddy Pimblett for the UFC 314 altercation
— FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma) April 13, 2025
“He had a mic in Vegas, he sat there like a good little b***h and didn’t say s**t. He hasn’t done s**t, he lost to a f*****g drug addict. Keep putting my name in your mouth and my foot will be in his ass” 😳 pic.twitter.com/oM7XlrNTs7