Neutral Quotes by Colby Covington

All Neutral statements made by Colby Covington across interviews, press conferences, and social media.

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Mar 18, 2026 neutral
Colby Covington on Khabib Nurmagomedov
“The thing is that those guys who would make the biggest influence, who have the biggest platform like Ilia, Islam, Khabib, those guys are getting paid so well they're never gonna speak out against the UFC. Those guys are making $5–$10M a fight.”

– via an N3on livestream, explaining why he believes the UFC’s top stars remain silent on the ongoing fighter pay debate.
— Colby Covington
Mar 18, 2026 neutral
Colby Covington on Islam Makhachev
“The thing is that those guys who would make the biggest influence, who have the biggest platform like Ilia, Islam, Khabib, those guys are getting paid so well they're never gonna speak out against the UFC. Those guys are making $5–$10M a fight.”

– via an N3on livestream, explaining why he believes the UFC’s top stars remain silent on the ongoing fighter pay debate.
— Colby Covington
Mar 18, 2026 neutral
Colby Covington on Ilia Topuria
“The thing is that those guys who would make the biggest influence, who have the biggest platform like Ilia, Islam, Khabib, those guys are getting paid so well they're never gonna speak out against the UFC. Those guys are making $5–$10M a fight.”

– via an N3on livestream, explaining why he believes the UFC’s top stars remain silent on the ongoing fighter pay debate.
— Colby Covington
Mar 2, 2026 neutral
Colby Covington on Kamaru Usman
“We need to settle the trilogy. If Usman doesn't get the title fight, come see daddy in Real American Freestyle and let's do this trilogy, b*tch. CEO of EPO”

– via Bloody Elbow, issuing a direct challenge to Kamaru Usman for a wrestling match under the Real American Freestyle (RAF) banner
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Jan 31, 2026 Neutral
Colby Covington on Ilia Topuria
“I see Ilia knocking him out within a minute. I don't think Justin will last longer than a minute. The way he ducks his head, Ilia's going to land an uppercut on him, and he's going to send him to the moon.”

– via talkSPORT, delivering a scathing prediction for the potential title unifier between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje
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Jan 31, 2026 Neutral
Colby Covington on Justin Gaethje
“I see Ilia knocking him out within a minute. I don't think Justin will last longer than a minute. The way he ducks his head, Ilia's going to land an uppercut on him, and he's going to send him to the moon.”

– via talkSPORT, delivering a scathing prediction for the potential title unifier between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje
— Colby Covington
Jan 13, 2026 neutral
Colby Covington on Dana White
“It really doesn't matter what Dana White thinks of me. I'm a world champion. I'm Donald Trump's favorite fighter. I'm America's champion. I'm the king of Miami... Take me out of those rankings, but whatever, I'm still the biggest draw at welterweight”

– via RAF 5 post—fight press conference (January 10, 2026), responding to Dana White questioning his place in the UFC welterweight top 15.
— Colby Covington