Colby Covington Throws Verbal Jabs at Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier and Jake Paul May 1, 2021 After Dana White announced Colby Covington is up next for the welterweight title shot against Kamaru Usman, Covington is doing what he does best, creating chaos. Covington was giving his thoughts on some of the more notable attendees at UFC 261, namely former Strikeforce welterweight champion and UFC title challenger Nick Diaz and YouTube sensation turned professional boxer Jake Paul. “Chaos” believes neither of them would want a fight with him, primarily taking aim at “The Problem Child”. “Oh, those guys? No, they don’t want to fight me. Especially Jake Paul,” Covington said to Submission Radio. “He’s only looking to fight washed up, you know, past their time fighters. Guys that don’t know how to throw punches.