Watch: Colby Covington sleeps rapper with rear-naked choke
Colby Covington is catching some heat online.Â
The multiple-time welterweight title challenger hasnât been seen in the cage since a December 2023 unanimous decision defeat to then-welterweight champion Leon Edwards, with the American reportedly on the shelf following a foot injury he sustained the early stages of the bout.
That said, Covington does appear to have been getting some work in on the mat in these past few months â including one viral clip which emerged in recent days showing âChaosâ applying a rear-naked choke to the rapper Lil Pump, and choking him unconscious while apparently ignoring the musicianâs attempts to tap out.
Colby Covington choked Lil Pump out cold đł pic.twitter.com/tCLQ1wZbo7
â Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) September 22, 2024
It goes without saying, but ignoring a training partnerâs attempts to submit to a technique is a big âNoâ in MMA gyms across the globe â and it appears to have caught the ire of numerous fight fans who took issue with Covingtonâs actions online.
âThatâs assault,â wrote one person in response to the viral clip. âNothing about this was cool,â said another. âThat is literally attempted murder,â wrote a third.
Fighters under UFC contract are often informed by the organisation to refrain from accepting requests from fans who wish to have MMA moves applied on them as part of a photo or video clip request, reportedly due to the possible legal liabilities that may arrive afterwards.
As for Covingtonâs future, there is as of yet no indication as to when he may return to active competition but he was been repeatedly called out by undefeated Irish welterweight Ian Machado Garry.
