If you're a fan of mixed martial arts then you're definitely well-aware of UFC fighter Colby Covington's octagon exploits. If you don't follow MMA, however, then you probably know Covington as perhaps the most outspoken LeBron James hater of all time. Or at least he's up there in terms of constantly putting the Los Angeles Lakers superstar on blast.
Covington went on another tirade against LeBron, and this time around, the former went off on LeBron's stance (or lack thereof) on the NBA's relationship with China:
“He claims to be about social justice but he won’t say ‘Free Hong Kong.’ He won’t talk about the Uyghurs that are locked up in concentration camps in China,” Covington said, via Victor Morton of The Washington Times. “He won’t talk about all the women that he’s profiting off of in his Chinese sweatshops that are making all his shoes — for dollars — that he’s coming over to America and selling them for hundreds and profiting millions off of here in America.”
Covington's harsh criticism did not stop there. The UFC fighter even alleged that the Lakers star's iPromise School is nothing more than a tax shield:
“I wasn’t going to let him dupe the people and make the people think he’s a social justice warrior and he’s on this pedestal,” Covington said. “No, LeBron James is not on a pedestal. That guy is a piece of crap. He’s a piece of garbage. He uses that school that he’s funding as a tax write off and then he wants to claim that he’s some good guy. No, he’s not a good guy, man. All he cares about is lining his own pockets and bowing down to China.”
This is not the first time Covington has gone on an all-out attack on LeBron. Needless to say, he isn't fond of the Lakers star.
For his part, LeBron has more pressing matters in his mind right now, so we're pretty sure he's not going to give Covington the time of day here. He never has. Then again, you never know.
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