Joaquin Buckley doesn’t admire Chael Sonnen attempting to downplay his win over Colby Covington in December.
Closing out the UFC’s 12 months in sunny Tampa, Florida, ‘New Mansa’ delivered a dominant efficiency towards the previous three-time title challenger, incomes a health care provider’s stoppage TKO within the third spherical of their welterweight headliner.
Sonnen, who was in Covington’s nook that new, in the end threw within the towel after Covington sustained a nasty lower over his proper eyelid. However regardless of watching his fighter get bloodied and battered for almost three full rounds, ‘The American Gangster’ did his finest to console Covington backstage.
In a video clip, which you’ll see under, Sonnen went by an inventory of issues ‘Chaos’ did nicely and advised that the outspoken Trump supporter was starting to “flip the tide” earlier than the stoppage got here.
For sure, Buckley didn’t admire Sonnen attempting to discredit the largest win of his profession.
“It’s large Cap from Chael, you understand,” Buckley mentioned of Sonnen’s post-fight feedback throughout an interview with Parry Punch. “Generally you gonna say no matter you bought to say to be able to, you understand, shield Colby. However, you understand, individuals noticed it. You recognize what I imply? Folks—individuals noticed the battle. They will already see that I used to be not slowing down. I used to be really selecting up the tempo.”
Joaquin Buckley desires to headline UFC Kansas Metropolis with Kamaru Usman
Following his win over Covington, Buckley known as for a conflict with former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. ‘New Mansa’ echoed that very same sentiment in a while in his interview with Parry Punch, suggesting the 2 might headline the promotion’s return to Kansas Metropolis on April 26.
Sadly for Buckley, Usman doesn’t sound too involved in preventing the rising contender. Not less than, not but.
