Colby Covington calls LeBron James "spineless coward", slams BLM movement

UFC fighter Colby Covington went on a complete rant-mode on Saturday after his dominant fifth-round TKO win over former Welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. Covington labelled ongoing Black Lives Matter a "sham" and called LeBron James and or 'woke athletes' spineless cowards. 32-year-old even branded Woodley a "communist" for supporting criminals and hating America. 

Currently, .2 ranked Welterweight fighter in UFC, Colby Covington extended his record to 16-2-0 with a technical kckout late in fifth round. former interim champion bounced back from his loss to champion Kamaru Usman last year to hand a third consecutive defeat to Tyron Woodley.

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Colby Covington's rant against LeBron James, BLM movement

A fired up Covington took shots at US Presidential candidate Joe Biden, claiming Donald Trump will dominate Biden during vember election, which he said will be a "landslide." Covington n turned his attentions to "woke athletes" who have publicly shown ir support for BLM movement.

Covington praised US military and first responders for protecting nation but slammed athletes for being spineless cowards. "(First responders) keep this world safe, t se woke athletes, man,” Covington said. “I’m sick of se woke athletes, se spineless cowards like LeBron James.”

During post-fight interview he added, "You kw Black Lives Matter is a complete sham. It is a joke. y are taking se people. y are complete terrorists. y are taking se people that are criminals. You kw, se aren’t people that are hard working Americans. Blue collar Americans. se are bad people. y are criminals, you kw, and y shouldn’t be attacking police. You kw if you are breaking law and you are threatening cops with weapons. You kw, you deserve to get what you get."

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This is t first time Covington took shots at NBA players for supporting anti-racism movement. Last month, Covinton called players "playing a kids game" when y opted against taking court as a sign of protest against shooting of Jacob Blake in Kesha. 

Social media reacts to Covington slamming LeBron and or athletes

Covington's harsh comments unsurprisingly drew a lot of backlash on social media from fans and celebrities. Actor Ice Cube's son O’Shea Jackson Jr. posted a series of tweets, calling out Covington for unnecessarily criticising BLM movement just to endorse Donald Trump publicly. 

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