Covington: I knew 'Woodley was washed up'

Former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley's one-sided loss to Gilbert Burns this past weekend at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas didn't surprise Colby Covington.

"I knew that Woodley was washed up, I knew that he was just showing up for a paycheck," Covington told Submission Radio earlier this week. "You saw that in his last fight with (UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman), that there's no fight left in him."

"(Woodley) was cashed out years ago," he added. "I mean, when's the last time the guy won a round? Three, four years ago? The guy is over the hill. He shouldn't be fighting anymore."

The former interim titleholder referred to Woodley as "washed up" even prior to the ex-champ's recent setback.

Woodley entered the Burns fight coming off a title loss to Usman, and his most recent win is a second-round submission of Darren Till in September 2018. Woodley held the 170-pound belt from July 2016 to March 2019.

The 38-year-old said Wednesday that he's already accepted a bout against Covington. The two athletes have been targeted to fight several times over the past few years, but a meeting hasn't come to fruition.