If Joaquin Buckley can’t finagle a battle with Kamaru Usman, he’s prepared to accept Colby Covington.
‘New Mansa’ prolonged his unbeaten streak to 5 at UFC 307, securing a third-round knockout against Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson and launching himself into the welterweight division’s high 10. Instantly following the win, Buckley referred to as for a conflict with former titleholder Kamaru Usman, a press release he echoed throughout a recent interview with Luke Thomas.
“I actually don’t anticipate him to push for that battle simply due to how troublesome the battle may be for him,” Buckley mentioned. “I’m nonetheless engaged on issues, however I actually really feel like in the case of the standup, I don’t assume Usman actually has something for me.
“I feel my cardio and tempo is certainly gonna problem him and normally he’s the one which’s pushing that narrative on his conditioning, however I feel that I can push my conditioning previous Usman at this level in my profession.”
If Usman isn’t , Joaquin Buckley would welcome a battle with ‘Chaos’
Sadly, it doesn’t sound like Usman is much too interested in a battle with Buckley. In fact, ‘New Mansa’ already has one other identify in thoughts that might assist him break into the division’s high 5. That being three-time welterweight title challenger Colby Covington.
“The final battle that he had was in opposition to Leon [Edwards] and that was a couple of 12 months in the past,” Buckley mentioned of Covington. “Time ain’t on no person’s aspect so should you actually wish to present the world what you’ve been as much as and the way you’ve been working, you bought to battle. You understand that I’m completely happy to go and discover out myself too with Colby Covington if he’s not obtained a battle lined up.
“I’d positively be prepared to take that battle. That’s someone that has fought for the belt, has confirmed himself, extremely ranked within the division for 170, so why not?”
2019 was the final time Covington has fought twice in a single 12 months. Since then, he’s barely averaged one battle per 12 months, going 2-2 within the course of. However regardless of the bouts of inactivity and the shortage of notable wins, ‘Chaos’ continues to be holding sturdy because the sixth-ranked contender within the division making him a major goal for outliers trying to battle there approach in the direction of a shot at gold.
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