Colby Covington is one fighter who does not care to mince his words. He speaks his heart out and does not shy away from making comments that often turn out to be controversial. One such controversy happened when ‘Chaos‘ shared the details of his unconventional relationship with UFC strawweight fighter Polyana Viana, back in 2021.
It all started when rumors were floating that Covington and Polyana were dating. Both were top class fighters of their respective divisions and were also teammates. However, the strawweight fighter cleared the air when she stated that Colby is just a friend for her. She also replied to a comment by a fan, “I already have a boyfriend” on Colby Covington’s Instagram post featuring her.
However, even after these clear statements by the Brazilian fighter, Covington did not fail to make headlines after some revelations about their private life. The UFC welterweight fighter said in his interview on the Submission Radio that he was, “ba**s deep in Polyana Viana” when he got offered the fight with Leon Edwards. He further added it would have taken at least 3 weeks notice, and a lot more money to get him out of there.
Moreover, Colby accepted that he was not her boyfriend and was not interested in the relationship labels attached to the two of them but he did admit that they had some fun together for a couple of days.
Polyana Viana slammed Colby Covington for his revolting comments
While Colby Covington said very casually what he said in the interview, the UFC strawweight Viana was not at all happy about the s*xual comments made about her. The Brazilian fighter took to Twitter to express her anger about the whole situation and wrote, “I have never given room for any kind of comment or judgment about my personal life, but it is not for me to judge someone else’s attitude.” said Polyana on Twitter (translated in English)
“I feel sorry for those who act so low trying to promote themselves. It is revolting,” – she added. Although the tweet did not directly mention Colby but many believed that the words were targeted at him after his comments on Viana. Fans also extended support towards the fighter for standing up for herself and respectfully dealing with the situation.
Colby Covington knows exactly how to spice things up for his fans on social media so he does what can ignite some news on the internet. However, things got too far in this case as the other person involved did not receive it as Colby would have liked it.
Polyana last appeared inside the Octagon in November 2022 against Jinh Yu Frey and managed to win by a TKO in the first round itself. After struggling in her first few fights in the world’s top MMA promotion, the Brazilian has been in good form recently and has won 3 out of his last 4 fights. Her next match-up is against Iasmin Lucindo at UFC on ESPN 51.