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Covington says ex-teammate Poirier will ‘get sparked in the first round’ by McGregor

Colby Covington thinks that the main event rematch between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 will end the same way as their first outing.

Covington is a former teammate of Poirier’s from when the pair both trained at American Top Team in Florida. “Chaos” left the team earlier this year after trading barbs with several members of the gym, such as Poirier and Jorge Masvidal.

Talking recently to Submission Radio, Covington said that Poirier will fall short to McGregor in their upcoming fight at UFC 257 and proceed to “cry to the world”.