Gallery Photos: Best of Colby Covington view 22 images Former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington is daring his promoter to release him from his contract after being passed over for a fight with champ Tyron Woodley . “Until they give me what they promised and hold up their word, I’m not doing anything for them,” Covington (14-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) today told MMAjunkie. “They’re going to have to give me a title shot or release me.” Covington, who was stripped of the interim belt this past July, alleges Woodley’s upcoming fight against Kamaru Usman (14-1 MMA, 9-0 UFC) at UFC 235 isn’t retaliation for declining a UFC 228 headliner with Woodley (19-3-1 MMA, 9-2-1 UFC) due to nasal surgery. Instead, he claims it’s the result of a “power play” between the promoter and Usman’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, whom he said are “working behind the scenes and doing some shady, corrupt (expletive).” Covington declined to make specific allegations about the UFC and manager, saying only they would soon come to light.
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