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VIDEO | Colby Covington crashes Kamaru Usman's UFC 235 open workout

Drake Riggs - February 28, 2019

https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1101244789003964416 UFC 235 goes down on Saturday night and it’s a loaded card full of big names from top to bottom. In the night’s co-main event, the UFC welterweight title will be battled over between the champion, Tyron Woodley, and the challenger, Kamaru Usman. Despite not being involved with this fight as many expected him to be in the preceding months, former interim champion of the division, Colby Covington made his presence felt on Thursday.

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UFC 235 | Colby Covington makes final prediction for Tyron Woodley vs. Kamaru Usman fight

Tom Taylor - February 28, 2019

This Saturday night, in the co-main event of UFC 235, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will attempt to defend his welterweight title against fearsome challenger Kamaru Usman. Colby Covington, who is expected to be the next man in line for the Woodley-Usman winner, will be watching this fight closely. And he’s expecting a blowout.

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Colby Covington claps back at Anthony Smith in classic fashion

Tom Taylor - February 25, 2019

Former UFC interim welterweight champ Colby Covington has recently been engaged in a war of words with upcoming UFC light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith. One of the latest salvos in this verbal conflict came from Smith, who claimed he encountered Covington at a Chicago gym, and that Covington said nothing to him. More specifically, he referred to the welterweight as a “scared cat.”

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Colby Covington thinks Tyron Woodley will “starch” Kamaru Usman at UFC 235

James Lynch - February 23, 2019

UFC 235 takes place next Saturday (Mar. 2nd) and Colby Covington doesn’t see the welterweight title fight being very competitive. The outspoken American Top Team member weighed in with Submission Radio about champion Tyron Woodley defending his title against Kamaru Usman and believes fans could be in for a lackluster fight.

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Anthony Smith says Colby Covington is 'scared cat' off camera

James Lynch - February 19, 2019

Anthony Smith is not a fan of Colby Covington “Lionheart”, who is set to face Jon Jones for the light heavyweight title at UFC 235 on Mar. 2, didn’t hold back on the controversial welterweight After a Twitter exchange with Covington a few weeks back, Smith decided to address the issue on The MMA Hour on Monday.

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Colby Covington says we may never see him fight again

Drake Riggs - February 8, 2019

Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington has done everything asked of him throughout his UFC career. Except for, according to UFC President Dana White, accept his recent fight offers. Because of that, it’s left Covington without his title and without his title shot against rival and current champion Tyron Woodley who now faces Kamaru Usman at UFC 235.

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Colby Covington threatens legal action against the UFC

Tom Taylor - February 6, 2019

When Colby Covington won the UFC interim welterweight title in June of 2018, he was promised a welterweight title shot opposite undisputed champ Tyron Woodley. Yet he never received that opportunity. Instead, Covington’s promised title shot was given to Kamaru Usman, who will battle Tyron Woodley at UFC 235.

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Colby Covington no longer interim champion, will have to 'earn' title shot back

Drake Riggs - February 1, 2019

After all the chaos that has unfolded atop the UFC’s welterweight division in late 2018, we now finally have our answer as to how things will shake out. At March 2, UFC 235’s co-main event will feature the welterweight crown being fought over between the challenger Kamaru Usman, and the champion Tyron Woodley.

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EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington explains why UFC will never be as big as NFL, NBA

Tom Taylor - January 29, 2019

Colby Covington is not very happy with the UFC right now. In fact, the former UFC interim welterweight champion is so disgruntled that he recently dared the promotion to release him from his contract so he can take his services elsewhere. Some of Covington’s recent comments about potentially leaving the UFC, however, were misconstrued, as some members of the MMA community took his words to mean that he wanted to fight Rory MacDonald in Bellator. He reminds that this isn’t actually what he said.

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EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington rips Darren Till, Robert Whittaker, and Anthony Smith in one fiery rant

Tom Taylor - January 24, 2019

Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington was recently mentioned as a potential opponent for Darren Till — that was before Till was booked to fight Covington’s training partner Jorge Masvidal. Covington, however, was not interested in this fight, maintaining that, as the recent interim champion, he has earned a title shot against undisputed champ Tyron Woodley.

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EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington confident Oscar De La Hoya would 'dust' Dana White in a fight

Tom Taylor - January 21, 2019

After being deprived of his promised shot at the UFC welterweight title, top contender Colby Covington has had plenty to say about UFC President Dana White of late. Of course, Covington isn’t the only person to make negative comments about the polarizing UFC boss recently. Retired boxer turned promoter Oscar De La Hoya has also gone back and forth with Dana White over the last few weeks, even challenging the UFC President to a fight on the undercard of the next Canelo Alvarez pay-per-view.

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Tyron Woodley gives his take on Covington's beef with the UFC: 'People are going to see what the real deal is'

Tom Taylor - January 13, 2019

Colby Covington is not happy that he is not getting the next crack at UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley (that honor is going to Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 instead). The former interim champ is adamant that he has been done dirty by the UFC, and despite the fact that he’s one of the most polarizing figures in the sport, a great many members of the MMA community agree with him. Tyron Woodley, however, does not.

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Colby Covington says he is willing to fight Darren Till under the right conditions

Chris Taylor - January 12, 2019

Colby Covington says he is willing to fight Darren Till or another opponent under the right conditions. The former UFC interim welterweight champion, Covington, was recently snubbed by the UFC of his promised title fight with Tyron Woodley.

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Darren Till hints that he will return at UFC London on March 16

Chris Taylor - January 12, 2019

Former UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till has been in the headlines over the past few days surrounding a possible return at UFC London. Days after he called Colby Covington a rat on Twitter, BJPENN.com’s Chris Taylor reported that the UFC was looking to book a bout between Till and “Chaos” for the March 16 event in England.

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Colby Covington has a message for 'Uncle Fester' Dana White

Chris Taylor - January 12, 2019

Former UFC interim welterweight title holder Colby Covington is not happy with the Dana White and the UFC. After capturing the promotions interim welterweight title by defeating former lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos via decision at UFC 225, “Chaos” was stripped of his newly acquired belt by UFC President Dana White.

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Colby Covington shares the one thing that he and Tyron Woodley can agree on, sends message to fighters

Drake Riggs - January 11, 2019

Colby Covington and Tyron Woodley are two of the best welterweights on the planet. They used to train together. Are they friends? Not exactly. Quite the opposite… However, that doesn’t mean that the two can’t find some common ground which Covington was able to relate to after recently losing out on his expected title shot opportunity against the undisputed champion in Woodley.

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Report | Officials looking to add a welterweight fight between Darren Till and Colby Covington to UFC London

Christopher Taylor - January 9, 2019

Darren Till and Colby Covington have engaged in some heated exchanges on social media in the past and have now been offered the opportunity to settle their beef inside the octagon at UFC London. BJPENN.com’s Chris Taylor reported the news of the proposed welterweight clash moments ago on Twitter.

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Fighters react after the UFC snubs Colby Covington of promised title shot

Christopher Taylor - January 8, 2019

Former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington is not happy after being snubbed by the UFC of his promised title unification bout with Tyron Woodley. “Chaos” had captured the promotions interim welterweight title at June’s UFC 225 event in Chicago, where he scored a unanimous decision victory over Rafael dos Anjos.