Filed under: Featured , News , UFC , Videos SAO PAULO – Most of Sao Paulo might want to stuff Colby Covington into a locker, but veteran UFC middleweight Demian Maia doesn’t take his trash talk personally. After all, Covington told him not to. “Since the beginning of the week, he said he respected me a lot, and he was promoting the fight, and that was his way of promoting,” said Maia (25-8 MMA, 19-8 UFC) after a unanimous decision loss to Covington (13-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in the FS1-televised co-headliner of UFC Fight Night 119, which took place Saturday at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. “He told me I’m a legend, and he admires me and he only does that for promoting.” Prior to the fight, Covington made no secret of his respect for Maia while also vowing to retire the two-time title challenger
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Demian Maia says Colby Covington just promoting with antics – MMA Junkie