{"id":299502,"date":"2023-12-16T01:25:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T01:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299502"},"modified":"2023-12-16T01:25:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T01:25:14","slug":"strickland-hammers-utter-piece-of-s-covington-for-vile-dad-taunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/mma\/strickland-hammers-utter-piece-of-s-covington-for-vile-dad-taunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Strickland HAMMERS &apos;utter piece of s***&apos; Covington for vile dad taunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Sean Strickland HAMMERS &#8216;utter piece of s***&#8217; Colby Covington for taunting UFC 296 rival Leon Edwards about his late father and insists true Americans would laud Brit&#8217;s mum for raising a champion<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Sean Strickland takes on Dricus du Plessis in his first middleweight title defence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Strickland recently took aim at Ian Garry and his family on social media\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Paddy &#8216;The Baddy&#8217; Pimblett MUST seize his moment in the UFC 296 limelight after seeing his career stutter &#8211;<\/span><span> <\/span>The Hook\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Controversial UFC star Sean Strickland rounded on Colby Covington for his vile jibe about Leon Edwards&#8217; late father.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Strickland has come under fire himself for distasteful comments and is known to be one of the promotion&#8217;s most divisive characters but even for him, Covington&#8217;s comment on Thursday about Edwards&#8217; father &#8211; who was shot and killed when &#8216;Rocky was 13 &#8211; went beyond the pale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Colby Is an utter piece of s**t,; he said at the seasonal press conference. &#8216;<span>What it is, if you know Colby on a personal level, he fucked over everybody.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And I take it as a personal insult to me, you guys, the Trump says are Republicans, you guys are my f*****g people, the blue collar workers, you guys are my f*****g people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/01\/79025495-0-image-a-121_1702688485160.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sean Strickland went on a rant attacking Colby Covington for bringing up Leon Edwards&#8217; late father<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/01\/79025499-12870613-image-a-124_1702688697021.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Strickland was speaking at the seasonal press conference to preview next year&#8217;s fights\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Leon&#8217;s mum, she raised a boy to be a f*****g man to win a title to be a good man. And a real fucking American would, would applaud for that. So just so you know, Colby is a fake f*****g p****.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And if he was standing here right next to me, the only f*****g thing he would do is call 911 because he is the definition of a f*****g b*****.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Covington was roundly condemned after saying: &#8216;I&#8217;m bringing you to the seventh layer of hell. &#8216;We&#8217;ll say &#8220;what&#8217;s up&#8221; to your dad while we&#8217;re there.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Edwards&#8217; demeanor quickly changed and he threw a water bottle at his rival, who was wearing a &#8216;Make America Great Again&#8217; cap, as well as fancy dress as George Washington.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bottle struck Covington, leading to both fighters immediately standing up to confront each other before security stepped in to separate them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Edwards&#8217; father was shot and killed in a London nightclub when the MMA star was just 13. &#8216;Rocky&#8217; has since said he believes the motive of the murderer was a dispute over money.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Edwards was raised by his mother, who worked multiple jobs in supporting him chasing his MMA dreams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/01\/78987521-12870613-Tempers_frayed_between_the_pair_when_Covington_made_a_joke_about-a-125_1702688900770.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tempers frayed when Covington made a joke about Leon Edwards&#8217; 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