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Colby Covington says UFC was going to cut him if not for ‘filfthy animals’ promo

Although Colby Covington was going up against the No. 2 ranked welterweight in the world at the time of UFC Fight Night 119, the UFC had every intention of cutting ‘Chaos’ after the fight.

That’s according to a recent interview with conservative political commentator Candace Owens, where Covington revealed that his WWE-style post-fight promo literally saved his career. After dominating Demian Maia enroute to a unanimous decision at Sao Paulo’s Ginásio do Ibirapuera, Covington called the local crowd ‘filfthy animals’ and referred to Brazil as a ‘dump’.

“I’ve never told this story before but three fights ago, before I fought the No.