Colby Covington condemned Khamzat Chimaev’s involvement in a cryptocurrency rip-off that reportedly ripped off his followers to the tune of 1,000,000 {dollars}.
Forward of Chimaev’s return to the Octagon at UFC 308 in October, ‘Borz’ was embroiled in controversy after he had marketed a meme coin known as SMASH, named after his fashionable “smash” or “smesh” catchphrase. Chimaev hyped the coin on his social media channels which prompted the worth of the coin to develop exponentially. 24 hours later, the worth plummeted to zero, leaving many followers feeling like they’d had the rug pulled out from below them.
Shortly after, Chimaev’s supervisor Majdi Shammas took full duty, claiming that he had inspired Chimaev to report the movies, however didn’t do sufficient analysis to make sure that the corporate they had been working with was legit.
Colby Covington isn’t shopping for that excuse.
“Dude, he’s an absolute scumbag. The truth that he rug-pulled all his followers—that’s essentially the most disgusting act I’ve ever seen in MMA. Him and Khabib, like, simply absolute scammers,” Covington mentioned throughout Wednesday’s UFC Tampa media day.
“Dude, you’re making good cash with the UFC. Now you’re going to rug-pull and do a pretend MCO and rip-off all of your followers for thousands and thousands of {dollars}? I imply, these are followers which are working their asses off on daily basis at McDonald’s or different low-income-paying jobs. They’re investing in him as a result of they belief the fighter and so they like their fighter. And for him to only crap on all his followers like that? It’s disgusting. “I imply, that’s why he’s c*m-shot, you recognize? The man’s actually simply the worst particular person on Earth. It’s so unhappy that he did that to his followers.”
Colby Covington doesn’t assume chimaev is ‘something particular’ contained in the octagon
Covington additionally took purpose at Chimaev’s abilities contained in the Octagon, suggesting that the unbeaten Chechen monster isn’t almost as particular because the UFC likes to recommend.
“As an MMA fighter, I don’t assume he’s something particular. You understand, I believe he obtained uncovered in that Gilbert Burns combat—that he doesn’t have good cardio,” Covington mentioned. “I assumed Usman beat him, you recognize, once they fought. If that might have been 5 rounds, Usman would have beat him for positive. However even in three rounds, I assumed Usman beat him 2-1.
“So, I don’t see something particular out of CH. He must cease scamming his followers.”
Following a lackluster displaying towards then-welterweight champion Leon Edwards round this similar time final 12 months, Covington is again to headline the UFC’s ultimate occasion of 2024.
Heading to Tampa, Florida, ‘Chaos’ will sq. off with rising knockout artist Joaquin Buckley in a bout that might carry main title implications within the new 12 months.
