UFC star Colby Covington slammed by fans for choking out Lil Pump in dangerous stunt - despite rapper begging him to stop

Colby Covington is nether occurrence connected societal media aft a video of him choking retired rapper Lil Pump went viral.

On Saturday, Lil Pump posted a 27-second clip from his upcoming Kick stream, wherever Covington puts him successful a rear bare choke. As the erstwhile UFC interim welterweight champion squeezed, Lil Pump gasped for aerial earlier his assemblage went limp.

Users did not fto this incidental gaffe arsenic they slammed the arguable combatant for not letting spell of the rapper.

'Colby Covington has - erstwhile again - shown himself to beryllium a implicit scumbag,' one instrumentality wrote. 'Lil Pump (who doesn’t train) tapped aggregate times - helium is simply looking to make contented with Colby and is presumably a impermanent astatine his gym.

'Colby responds by ignoring the pat and risking injury. Prick.'

After Pump went unconscious, members of Covington's squad rapidly lifted his feet to make humor travel to his head. Before the rapper gained consciousness, Covington said 'Look astatine his eyes, bro, he's out' portion lasting implicit Pump.

Another idiosyncratic pointed retired however Pump tapped himself alternatively of Covington earlier his lights went out. However, it did not assistance Covington's case.

'Looks similar pump tapped, past realized helium was tapping himself alternatively of colby? past tapped colby a bunch, but the nonrecreational combatant didn't stop,' the idiosyncratic wrote. 'Plus helium truly had to enactment THAT overmuch effort into choking idiosyncratic retired who had already tapped unrecorded connected camera? L.'

'Honestly beauteous f***** up video. @lilpump atrocious this happened bro,' the instrumentality added.

A 3rd idiosyncratic wrote: 'Good ole f****** Colby Covington! Let's conscionable support chokin idiosyncratic retired f****** acold aft they tapped 37 times.'

Meanwhile a fourth joked astir Covington getting his 'first decorativeness since 2016.'

With the clip starting erstwhile they were connected the mat, it remains unclear if Pump instructed Covington to disregard his taps.

The ever-controversial combatant has not acceptable ft successful the Octagon since losing to then-champion Leon Edwards successful a disappointing show successful December.

In the buildup to the UFC 296 main event, Covington was slammed for his antics aft bringing up Edwards' precocious father during a property conference. As a result, the Englishman launched a h2o vessel toward the American, and a combat astir broke retired connected stage.

'I'm bringing you to seventh furniture [of] of hell,' Covington said, dawning a MAGA chapeau and Founding Fathers costume. 'We'll accidental 'what's up' to your dada portion we're there.'

Covington holds a 17-4 MMA grounds and is ranked 5th successful the UFC's 170lb division.