{"id":805747,"date":"2026-07-16T13:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/805747\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:53:16","slug":"colby-covington-reacts-to-conor-mcgregors-injury-at-ufc-329-wont-kick-him-while-hes-down-like-dustin-poirier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/805747\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington reacts to Conor McGregor\u2019s injury at UFC 329, won\u2019t \u2018kick him while he\u2019s down\u2019 like Dustin Poirier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Colby Covington isn\u2019t going to pile on Conor McGregor following the devastating end to UFC 329.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">McGregor returned after a five-year hiatus following a gruesome leg break suffered against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. When his rematch with Max Holloway began this past Saturday, McGregor threw a wild kick that appeared to lead to a nasty knee injury \u2014 one that eventually led to the end of the bout and a TKO win for Holloway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Covington, who faces Arman Tsarukyan in the main event of RAF 11 this Saturday in Milwaukee, says people were feeling the energy again for the McGregor return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cMcGregor, you know, he\u2019s the biggest star the sport\u2019s ever seen,\u201d Covington told MMA Fighting \u201cHe sold a lot of tickets. I think it was the highest gate the UFC has ever seen, so he boosted the economy for the UFC and for Vegas. So good on him for doing that. The excitement, the electricity that he brings to a UFC arena, that can\u2019t be understated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The former two-division champion has promised to return after surgery, although the extent of the injury has not been made official just yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Fighters have all given takes on the situation \u2014 with some feeling bad for McGregor, and others not so nice about it. One person, in particular, that caught Covington\u2019s attention ripping McGregor after the injury and loss was three-time McGregor opponent Dustin Poirier, who called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/499302\/dustin-poirier-reacts-to-dirtbag-conor-mcgregor-suffering-injury-at-ufc-329\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McGregor a \u201cdirtbag\u201d on the Deep Waters podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Covington says he\u2019s not going to add to the negativity, and he called out Poirier for not doing the same \u2014 especially with what happened in June with Poirier\u2019s Father\u2019s Day arrest for public drunkenness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cMcGregor is still a first ballot Hall of Famer and the biggest star the sport\u2019s ever seen, so I\u2019m not gonna kick him while he\u2019s down, I\u2019m not going to be like that fraud Dustin soy boy, Louisiana swamp trash Poirier,\u201d Covington said. \u201cI\u2019m not going to kick him while he\u2019s down, especially a guy that made Dustin\u2019s career. He was giving Dustin great advice. He said, \u2018Bro, get this in control, otherwise, your life\u2019s going to spiral out of control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cYou see Dustin, he\u2019s cussing at a cop, calling the little desk ladies that are just sitting there and minding their own business, doing their job, calling them hoes multiple times. It\u2019s disgusting. Dustin Poirier is the biggest fake nice guy I\u2019ve ever seen in my life, and I\u2019ve been telling people for years. I\u2019ve been saying Dustin\u2019s a fake nice guy. He plays a nice guy on camera, but off camera, he\u2019s a piece of shit person. He\u2019s a deadbeat father, and how ironic we\u2019re on Father\u2019s Day and he was out there cussing out cops and calling girls hoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cNow that I think of it, Conor\u2019s loss is because of Dustin\u2019s dad\u2019s fault. Everything that Dustin was saying was his dad\u2019s fault. He wasn\u2019t taking any blame, no accountability. [He] said all this is because of my dad, \u2018Oh my dad this,\u2019 taking no accountability for his own actions, just blaming it all on his dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Despite the setback for McGregor, Covington not only believes McGregor will fight again, but he needs to fight again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cYeah, I do think Conor fights again,\u201d Covington explained. \u201cHe still has that fire and he still wants to compete. He has his last fight on his UFC contract, so I\u2019m sure he wants to fulfill that and then see what the future holds for himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cBut, Conor, he needs fighting. He really does to keep structure in his life, to keep everything sane in his mind. Fighting\u2019s good for Conor, so he needs that structure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colby Covington isn\u2019t going to pile on Conor McGregor following the devastating end to UFC 329. 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