Colby Covington (left) fighting Leon Edwards (right) at UFC 296. Photo: Reproduction/Twitter @UFC
Anyone expecting any sign of regret from Colby Covington regarding the controversial comment about Leon Edwards' father at the UFC 296 press conference was very wrong. Defeated by the Briton in the welterweight title fight (up to 77,1 kg) last Saturday (16), the American 'doubled down' and this time compared the champion's late father to Adolf Hitler.
During an appearance on the 'PBD' podcast, Covington didn't mince words and compared Leon Edwards ' father , who was murdered during the champion's adolescence, to the terrible leader of German Nazism.
“I am reaffirming. Why would I feel bad about anything I said about someone who was a criminal and caused so much pain to so many people? I'm not going to feel bad for someone like Hitler, who was a terrible person”, said the fighter.
Colby Covington 's speech was interrupted by the podcast host, who questioned whether the wrestler was really comparing Edwards' father to Adolf Hitler.
“I'm not comparing him to Hitler, but I'm saying he's a villain on the same level. (…) You can search public records on his father. It's not my fault. He was the one who put the spotlight on his father and made him seem like a sympathetic figure. (…) If my father did things like that, I would say the same thing about him. He probably deserves to be buried six feet under because he did a lot of things wrong to people, so I'm not going to feel bad or celebrate someone like he's a hero. That guy wasn't a hero. He was a villain. A terrible person who did terrible things”, concluded Colby.
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