It’s not uncommon for fighters to take issue with things UFC commentators say during a live broadcasts. What you don’t see everyday is a fighter physically threaten one.
Former multiple-time welterweight title challenger Colby Covington did just that. In an interview with Submission Radio, Covington threatened to ‘slap’ UFC commentator Paul Felder for what Covington sees as unfair criticism.
“Paul Felder keeps running his mouth from the commentary booth. He’s going to get slapped as well,” Covington said. “Chaos” then revealed a story about Felder being intoxicated during a visit with soldiers.
“He was talking shit about me. He was saying some sh*t that. Oh, he’s done this and that and and some other sh*t… I want you to go ask him next time you see him in person, ask him about the time you were at Joint Base Langley-eustis. The Army and Air Force base. And he got tied fucking in handcuffs by the military police to a toilet in his bathroom because he was drunk on the base,” Covington said.
“Like that’s embarrassing, you self-loathing drunk asshole. He must be drunk half the time. He’s in that commentary booth for the UFC. Man, I feel bad for the UFC. They need to get some new commentators. And what better man I could. I could be the UFC commentator. I don’t have any stories like that,” Covington continued.
Covington expects to ‘have a word’ with Felder the next time they cross paths and insisted that the story about an intoxicated Felder being handcuffed on a military base was absolutely true.
“We’re. No, we’re definitely going to have a word. You know, like, I kept that story close to my heart for a long time, and I was never going to share it. But when you start trying to trash my name in the media and say things about me, what the f*ck is a Paul Felder? What the fuck has Paul Felder done? I make more money outside the UFC than that guy’s made in his whole entire life? Like, the guy’s an absolute bum,” Covington said.
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“He’s never done anything in the sport. He has no reason to talk sh*t, especially when he’s never been in a main event in his life. The guy’s a bum. He’s gotten beaten up by everybody. He’s literally been a punching bag in the UFC and he’s a self-loathing drunk asshole. So who gets tied to a freaking porcelain toilet on a military base? You’re supposed to be there respecting the troops respect in the military. But no, you’re there being a fucking drunk asshole. Ask Paul Felder about that story. That’s a true story,” continued Covington.
“So he drank like a bottle of Jack Daniels to himself. He started talking shit to his manager, Brian Butler. I had to step in, like Paul, stop talking sh*t to him. Like you’re not going to beat up your manager. He was just, he was blacked out and he just lost it. Like, how do you not have more control? You’re supposed to show respect to the troops. You’re there to boost morale for the military. Here you are trying to fight with your manager. I’m the one that had to intervene and make sure he didn’t beat up his manager, Brian Butler, with Sucker Punch. And then he goes into his hotel room. He starts f*cking throwing sh*t around in his hotel room on a military installation base. And then the military police got called. They had to freaking handcuff him to the toilet.”
