After UFC London was cancelled due to coronavirus, Tyron Woodley immediately called out welterweight rival Colby Covington, who offered to step in for Leon Edwards and fight ‘T-Wood’ on short notice.
This, Edwards believes, is proof that Woodley never wanted to fight him in the first place. Speaking to MMA Fighting on Wednesday, ‘Rocky’ said Woodley doesn’t want the UFC London bout to be rescheduled because he knows ‘he’d get his ass whooped’.
“He knows the fight to happen is me and him,” Edwards said. “Now he’s calling out Colby Covington. He’s trying to do this, trying to do that.