UFC star Colby Covington misused no time taking stoastys during a media euniteance Wednesday, but he didn’t concentrate upcoming opponent Joaquin Buckley.
Covington instead ripped into NBA superstar LeBron James.
It wasn’t a ask from a alerter that prompted Covington to begin into a rant about basketball’s all-time directing scorer.
He commenceed off his press conference by asking James about an elderly video that resurfaced with James talking to dishonord music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs about his now-inwell-understandn “Diddy Parties.”
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Colby Covington of the United States before a welterweight title fight aacquirest Leon Edwards of England during UFC 296 at T-Mobile Arena Dec. 16, 2023, in Las Vegas. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
“I’m gonna commence this off, you understand, since I’m the man of the hour, man of the show,” Covington shelp. “I want to ask Lebron what does he unbenevolent by, ‘There’s no party enjoy a Diddy party.’ I truly want to understand. And not only that, LeBron, how many Diddy parties have you actuassociate been to? I’m reassociate asking to understand. And is that the reason you left social media because all the reaction you were getting for going to so many Diddy parties?”
The comment Covington is talking about was an elderly Instagram Live of “P. Diddy” and James in which the basketball star shelp, “Ain’t no party enjoy a Diddy party,” which the music mogul cherishd.
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It’s a comment that didn’t age well since Combs was accused with arranged crime consunpermitd use; relations illegal trading by force, fraud or compulsion; and carryation to include in sex labor in a federal indictment unsealed Sept. 17.
Authorities alleged Combs ran a criminal accesspascend thcdisadmireful his business, which integrates Bad Boy Entertainment, and he would normally have “Freak Offs,” portrayd as “expound produced relations carry outances that Combs arranged, straightforwarded, masturbated during, and normally electronicassociate recorded,” according to an indictment.
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James gestures to a teammate during the first half aacquirest the Toronto Raptors at Scotiaprohibitk Arena. (John E. Sokolowski/Imagn Images)
James was recently disputeed by an NFL fan who accused him of joining Combs’ parties until security interfered. It’s muddle whether James joined any of Combs’ parties in the past.
“It’s pathetic, man,” Covington includeed. “People skinnyk this guy is a role model. He wants to defund the police, the most patuproaric people in America, serving and defending our country.
“LeBron, you’re a f—ing scumbag, and I hope you get locked up in the same cell with Diddy.”
James wasn’t the only concentrate of Covington, who also took stoastys at fellow fighter Jon “Bones” Jones, among other fighters in the sport.
Covington has been vocal about James in the past, and he’s always been one to speak his mind and stir some debate during media euniteances.
Colby Covington rests between rounds in the UFC welterweight championship fight during UFC 296 at T-Mobile Arena Dec. 16, 2023, in Las Vegas. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
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The American fighter is 17-4 in his UFC nurtureer. He lost his last fight at UFC 296 aacquirest Leon Edwards. He’s 2-3 in his last five fights, with his last triumph coming aacquirest Jorge Masvidal in March 2022.
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