Morning Report: Colby Covington says he has ‘real dirt’ on Tyron Woodley that would ‘ruin his life’

Now that Tyron Woodley has settled his business with Darren Till, submitting Till in the second round at UFC 228, it would appear that the next in line to challenge for his welterweight title is former interim champion Colby Covington. Covington worked his way to an interim title shot on the back of some key wins and an outspoken, confrontational personality and with a legitimate welterweight title shot in his sights, it appears Covington has no intention of deviating off script.

Speaking with BJPenn.com recently, Covington argued for why he makes sense as the next challenger for Woodley and why the UFC needs to get behind this fight.

“I think there’s more than enough material to promote,” Covington said. “They can do the red side versus blue side promotion aspect. There’s so many different angles to run with it. Two former American Top Team teammates. Two guys that are managed by Dan Lambert. There’s just so many ways to go with it. There’s really not much I need to say.

“It’s been built. The hooks are in. The world needs to know the way the event needs to be marketed. He’s a soft ass little liberal snowflake. I’m a f**king bad ass motherf**king Republican. He’s like Hillary Clinton in a way. He’s crooked. That’s why we call him two-faced Tyrone. You can’t trust anything he says. I’m more like Trump. I’m grabbing all these p**sies, and I’m putting them in their place.”

Covington rose to prominence through his brash personality and, after winning an interim title against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 225, was on a collision course with Woodley but when “Chaos” was unwilling to make the quick turnaround to fight at UFC 228, Till was slotted in instead. Now, Covington is back in the title picture and he and Woodley can pick up where they left off with promoting their grudge match, but Covington has a warning for Woodley about trash talk and it sounds ominous.

“There’s some things,” Covington said. “I got some ace of spades in my back pocket. If that dude, if he slips up with anything, he’s… I got real dirt on him. I know some real s**t. Some real storylines that would ruin his career, and ruin his life, really.”

If Covington does drop a career-ending bomb on the MMA world, at least Woodley has his burgeoning rap career to fall back on. Woodley recently released a single with Wiz Khalifa.