One former UFC bruiser believes Colby Covington’s present of gab has carried him lengthy sufficient.
Covington was again contained in the Octagon for the ultimate UFC occasion of 2024. He went one-on-one with surging welterweight contender Joaquin Buckley within the UFC Tampa headliner. It was an opportunity for Covington to determine that he’s nonetheless a significant participant at 170 kilos. Merely put, “Chaos” struggled with the standup of Buckley and a reduce over his eyelid marked the tip of the battle in spherical three.
Buckley scored the TKO victory by way of physician’s stoppage over Covington, who hasn’t earned a win since March 2022.
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Matt Brown Says Colby Covington Hasn’t Been Elite in Years
A brand new version of MMAFighting.com‘s “The Fighter vs. The Author” simply dropped. On this episode, Matt Brown informed Damon Martin that Colby Covington’s means contained in the Octagon hasn’t matched his trash discuss shortly.
“It’s arduous to argue he’s actually been elite for some time,” Brown stated on the most recent episode of The Fighter vs. The Author. “He hasn’t finished something elite for a very long time. I’m not even positive if the door was already closed. I assumed this was type of his likelihood to point out that he’s nonetheless an elite welterweight, and he didn’t move the take a look at. I believe that door might need already been closed is the one caveat to that. We’ll see.
“I suppose the query is whether or not he retires. It’s not even whether or not he’s an elite welterweight anymore. I believe that reply’s fairly clear. Is he going to stay round? Is he going to maintain combating? As a result of he’s type of lived off of his shtick extra so than his performances, proper?”
Covington has made it clear that he doesn’t plan to stroll away from professional MMA competitors simply but. Covington has been recognized to take a while in between fights, however at this stage in his profession, many anticipate the UFC matchmakers to throw him within the lion’s den with rising prospects. Time will inform what’s subsequent for the previous interim UFC welterweight champion.
