Okay, so Dricus Du Plessis and Colby Covington are actually on good terms now, which is wild because their friendship definitely didn’t start with a high-five. This whole thing kicked off with Du Plessis, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champ, getting back to his winning ways, pulling off a lopsided unanimous decision victory over Kamaru Usman (21-5) at UFC Oklahoma City. But the real story is how his beef with Covington turned into an alliance, and it’s all thanks to some controversial beverage advice.
The “Graver Crime” Than Public Intoxication
Seriously, this is where it gets good. Du Plessis recently laid out exactly what went down with Covington. Before his fight with Usman, “Stillknocks” actually slammed Covington for telling Dustin Poirier to drink non-alcoholic beer. Poirier, who had a recent run-in with the law for public intoxication, apparently got some temperance advice from Covington, and Du Plessis was having none of it. He flat out believes that drinking non-alcoholic beer is a “graver crime” than anything Poirier has ever done! Can you believe it? That’s some serious shade thrown over a brew choice.
Normal Beers, Unexpected Friendship
So, Du Plessis went off on Covington for the non-alcoholic beer suggestion, which, let’s be honest, is a pretty unique way to start a potential friendship. But get this, Covington actually reached out after Du Plessis’s comments. “I was giving him sh*t because he was giving Dustin Poirier sh*t and telling him to drink alcohol-free beer and that’s a bigger crime than anything Dustin Poirier has ever done,” Du Plessis told Full Send MMA. “I told [Covington] that and then he reached out to me. He’s like, ‘Listen, they have normal beers too, let’s get some normal beers with you.’ So, I’m a Colby fan.” That’s all it took! Covington’s invite for some “normal beers” completely flipped the script. Meanwhile, Covington himself just scored a massive upset win, defeating Arman Tsarukyan (24-3) in a wrestling match at RAF11 in Milwaukee, becoming the inaugural crossover cruiserweight champion. Plus, Covington was even backing Du Plessis to beat Usman, with whom he has a heated, long-standing rivalry. Talk about an unexpected turn!
This is a wild one, sports fans. From trash talk about beer choices to an actual friendship, it just shows you never know what’s going to happen in the fight world. Both these guys are coming off big wins, and now they’re buddies. What’s next for this unexpected duo? We’ll definitely be watching.
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