Vicente Luque is known as one of the nicest fighters in the UFC, it's very rare to see him have beef with anyone. There is one fighter that could potentially bring that out of him, Colby Covington.
Colby Covington is one of the top welterweights in the UFC and is a tough matchup. Vicente Luque admits he respects Covington's skills but he doesn't like him. It could be a good fight for him next after Belal Muhammad.
“He’s the No. 1 contender. He’s coming off a win,” UFC welterweight Luque told ESPN. “I don’t know what’s gonna happen in the division until I fight and after I fight, so it might be a good fight for me to secure that No. 1 contender (spot) and get the next title shot, so we got to see what’s going to happen. When I see Colby, I don’t like his personality, I don’t like who he is as a person outside of the octagon, but I respect him as a fighter. He’s a tough guy. He goes in there and really puts his heart in the fight. So I think it would be an awesome fight. He would go in there and try to beat me; I’m going to go in there and try to finish him.”
Colby Covington presents a similar style to that of Vicente Luque's training partner, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. It would be the perfect fight for him in order to get the next title shot.
“He’s a wrestler,” Luque said of Covington. “He’s a guy that’s gonna try to control me, very (much) like Kamaru would try and do against me, so I think it would be a good training. Go in there, five rounds against a guy like Colby and go out there and try and beat him, secure my No. 1 spot, and that might be an option for sure.”
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