Colby
Covington has doubled down on his claims of having dominated
Arman
Tsarukyan in training.
Tsarukyan defeated Georgio Poullas in a wrestling rematch in the
main event at RAF 7 on Saturday. Covington defeated Dillon
Danis on the co-main event of the same card. Covington had
recently claimed that he schooled Tsarukyan in training when he was
at
American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida. However, Tsarukyan
has since denied the allegations, claiming to have never trained
with Covington at ATT. Tsarukyan and Covington could be on a
collision course for a wrestling match at RAF, as they have both
expressed interest in the idea.
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Covington (17-5) has since accused Tsarukyan (23-3) of lying by
denying that they trained together. But Covington plans to remind
Tsarukyan of their grappling practice in a potential matchup at
RAF.
“He’s lying about it because he was a young kid at that time… Now
he is in his prime, he feels like he is unbeatable,” Covington told
Submission Radio. “He feels like he is on top
of the world. So, he’s just acting a little arrogant, he’s not
being real and truthful. And the truth of the matter is that a 100%
we grappled when I was at ATT. I know he remembers but he just
doesn’t want to tell the fans. But it’s okay, I’ll give him another
reminder on the RAF mats too.”
He Never Took Me Down
Tsarukyan joined ATT in 2019 and Covington left the team a year
later due to multiple disputes with teammates. While Covington
admits that Tsarukyan was a tough customer sometimes, “Chaos”
claims he was on a different level.
“I remember he is a strong guy, he’s got some crazy hips,”
Covington said. “And I remember he was very hard to take down at
times, but I was levels above him. I took him down many times. He
never took me down. He just couldn’t scramble with me.”