UFC Fight Night: Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the final faceoffs from the ceremonial weigh-ins! After staging its latest numbered event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas last weekend, MMA’s leading promotion will close out its 2024 schedule with a card inside the […]
UFC Fight Night: Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the final faceoffs from the ceremonial weigh-ins!
In the main event, the polarizing Covington makes his first appearance of 2024. 12 months on from a third failed attempt at capturing the undisputed welterweight crown, “Chaos” will look to keep his late-career title hopes alive by stalling the charge of Joaquin Buckley.
Elsewhere, the likes of UFC Hall of Famer Cub Swanson, former Rizin champion Manel Kape, and heavy hitting light heavyweight Vitor Petrino will all be in action.
Ahead of the event, all 26 fighters successfully made weight. With that, every fight is intact, and all that remains on Friday is for the athletes to face off one final time at the UFC Fight Night Tampa ceremonial weigh-ins.
UFC Fight Night: Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the final faceoffs from the ceremonial weigh-ins! After staging its latest numbered event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas last weekend, MMA’s leading promotion will close out its 2024 schedule with a card inside the […]
UFC Fight Night: Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the final faceoffs from the ceremonial weigh-ins!
In the main event, the polarizing Covington makes his first appearance of 2024. 12 months on from a third failed attempt at capturing the undisputed welterweight crown, “Chaos” will look to keep his late-career title hopes alive by stalling the charge of Joaquin Buckley.
Elsewhere, the likes of UFC Hall of Famer Cub Swanson, former Rizin champion Manel Kape, and heavy hitting light heavyweight Vitor Petrino will all be in action.
Ahead of the event, all 26 fighters successfully made weight. With that, every fight is intact, and all that remains on Friday is for the athletes to face off one final time at the UFC Fight Night Tampa ceremonial weigh-ins.
UFC Tampa is almost upon us, and MMA News is here to keep you updated with the current odds for this weekend’s lineup. The upcoming event takes place Saturday, December 14, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The main card begins at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT, with the preliminary card starting at 7 PM […]
UFC Tampa is almost upon us, and MMA News is here to keep you updated with the current odds for this weekend’s lineup.
Topping the lineup will be former interim welterweight titleholder Colby Covington. A year on from his third failed shot at the undisputed championship, “Chaos” will look to insert himself back into the equation by stalling the charge of Joaquin Buckley.
Before they go to battle, the co-main event will see two veterans collide in Cub Swanson and Billy Quarantillo. And also set to make the walk on Saturday will be the likes of Manel Kape, Vitor Petrino, and Michael Johnson.
UFC Tampa: Covington vs. Buckley Betting Odds
Listed below are the latest betting odds for UFC Tampa (as of 12/13), courtesy of DraftKings.
Main Card:
Colby Covington (+200) vs. Joaquin Buckley (-245)
Cub Swanson (+124) vs. Billy Quarantillo (-148)
Manel Kape (-380) vs. Bruno Silva (+300)
Vitor Petrino (-340) vs. Dustin Jacoby (+270)
Adrian Yañez (+185) vs. Daniel Marcos (-225)
Navajo Stirling (-750) vs. Tuco Tokkos (+525)
Preliminary Card:
Michael Johnson (-230) vs. Ottman Azaitar (+190)
Joel Álvarez (-425) vs. Drakkar Klose (+330)
Sean Woodson (-155) vs. Fernando Padilla (+130)
Miles Johns (+200) vs. Felipe Lima (-245)
Miranda Maverick (-600) vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth (+440)
Davey Grant (-122) vs. Ramon Taveras (+102)
Josefine Knutsson (-245) vs. Piera Rodriguez (+200)
UFC Fight Night: Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results! After staging its final numbered event of the year in Las Vegas last weekend, the mixed martial arts leader will close out its 2024 schedule with Octagon action inside Tampa’s Amalie […]
UFC Fight Night: Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results!
The main event will see Colby Covington make the walk for the first time since his third failed bid to achieve undisputed champion status last December. “Chaos” will meet the charging Joaquin Buckley in a short-notice clash, with “New Mansa” look to continue his unbeaten run at 170 pounds all the way to a place in title contention.
Before that, the likes of fan-favorite featherweight Cub Swanson, former Rizin champion Manel Kape, light heavyweight powerhouse Vitor Petrino and the always entertaining Adrian Yañez will all be in action.
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley Weigh-In Results
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley takes place on Saturday, December 14, at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The main card begins at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, with the preliminary card starting at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
See above for a replay of the weigh-ins via MMA Fighting, and check out the full results below!
Main Card:
Welterweight Main Event: Colby Covington (171lbs) vs. Joaquin Buckley (171lbs)
Featherweight Co-Main Event: Cub Swanson (146lbs) vs. Billy Quarantillo (146lbs)
Flyweight: Manel Kape (125lbs) vs. Bruno Silva (126lbs)
Light Heavyweight: Vitor Petrino (204.5lbs) vs. Dustin Jacoby (205.5lbs)
Bantamweight: Adrian Yañez (136lbs) vs. Daniel Marcos (136lbs)
Light Heavyweight: Navajo Stirling (206lbs) vs. Tuco Tokkos (206lbs)
Preliminary Card:
Lightweight: Michael Johnson (156lbs) vs. Ottman Azaitar (156lbs)
Lightweight: Joel Álvarez (156lbs) vs. Drakkar Klose (156lbs)
Featherweight: Sean Woodson (145.5lbs) vs. Fernando Padilla (145.5lbs)
Featherweight: Miles Johns (146lbs) vs. Felipe Lima (146lbs)
Women’s Flyweight: Miranda Maverick (126lbs) vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth (126lbs)
Bantamweight: Davey Grant (136lbs) vs. Ramon Taveras
Women’s Strawweight: Josefine Knutsson (116lbs) vs. Piera Rodriguez (116lbs)
Colby Covington condemned Khamzat Chimaev’s involvement in a cryptocurrency scam that reportedly ripped off his fans to the tune…
Colby Covington condemned Khamzat Chimaev’s involvement in a cryptocurrency scam that reportedly ripped off his fans to the tune of a million dollars.
Ahead of Chimaev’s return to the Octagon at UFC 308 in October, ‘Borz’ was embroiled in controversy after he had advertised a meme coin called SMASH, named after his popular “smash” or “smesh” catchphrase. Chimaev hyped the coin on his social media channels which prompted the value of the coin to grow exponentially. 24 hours later, the value plummeted to zero, leaving many fans feeling like they’d had the rug pulled out from under them.
Shortly after, Chimaev’s manager Majdi Shammas took full responsibility, claiming that he had encouraged Chimaev to record the videos, but didn’t do enough research to ensure that the company they were working with was legit.
Colby Covington isn’t buying that excuse.
“Dude, he’s an absolute scumbag. The fact that he rug-pulled all his fans—that’s the most disgusting act I’ve ever seen in MMA. Him and Khabib, like, just absolute scammers,” Covington said during Wednesday’s UFC Tampa media day.
“Dude, you’re making good money with the UFC. Now you’re going to rug-pull and do a fake MCO and scam all your fans for millions of dollars? I mean, these are fans that are working their asses off every day at McDonald’s or other low-income-paying jobs. They’re investing in him because they trust the fighter and they like their fighter. And for him to just crap on all his fans like that? It’s disgusting. “I mean, that’s why he’s c*m-shot, you know? The guy’s literally just the worst person on Earth. It’s so sad that he did that to his fans.”
Colby Covington doesn’t think chimaev is ‘anything special’ inside the octagon
Covington also took aim at Chimaev’s skills inside the Octagon, suggesting that the unbeaten Chechen monster isn’t nearly as special as the UFC likes to suggest.
“As an MMA fighter, I don’t think he’s anything special. You know, I think he got exposed in that Gilbert Burns fight—that he doesn’t have good cardio,” Covington said. “I thought Usman beat him, you know, when they fought. If that would have been five rounds, Usman would have beat him for sure. But even in three rounds, I thought Usman beat him 2-1.
“So, I don’t see anything special out of CH. He needs to stop scamming his fans.”
Heading to Tampa, Florida, ‘Chaos’ will square off with rising knockout artist Joaquin Buckley in a bout that could carry major title implications in the new year.
Ahead of his return to the Octagon on Saturday for the UFC’s final event of the year, Covington laid out three very specific stipulations if Ian Garry ever hopes to get him inside the Octagon, one of them being that his wife will have to “make a video” with him if he loses.
“Hey, if you want this fight, just answer the three stipulations,” Covington said during Wednesday’s UFC Tampa media day. “Turn on your comments—your wife wants to be so famous so bad, she’s quoting Shakespeare, which is just weird in itself. We know how much weird stuff goes on in Shakespeare about cousins, family, and all the weird things they do. But hey, you want to be famous? Make a video begging for the fight.
“And then, if you really think you’re going to beat me, agree that if you lose the fight, your wife has to be in my video for BC Game when we do an America’s Pick of the Week for the people. He couldn’t, you know, he couldn’t answer, and he couldn’t meet the stipulations.”
Covington laid out those same stipulations in a video earlier this year. Instead, Garry opted to try his luck against top-five-ranked welterweight contender Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 earlier this month.
“You know, if he meets those stipulations, maybe,” Covington continued. “All he has to do is turn his comments on—why is he so sensitive with the fans? All he has to do is have his wife make a video. She loves making videos. She’s making videos to Sean Strickland, trying to quote Shakespeare like she’s so smart and this and that. She loves to put herself in the limelight and act like she’s a part of the business.
“And then, if he’s so confident, let’s put a risk on the table. If he loses, she’s got to do a video with me for my new sponsor, BC Game. Otherwise, I don’t have time. It’s just a waste of my time. He’s a cuck. I don’t want to go with a cuck—who knows where his hands and his whole body have been, what type of fluids are on him. Like, that’s just disgusting.”
Colby Covington headlines UFC tampa a week after garry goes toe-to-toe with ‘Nomad’
Covington will headline UFC Tampa on December 14 when he meets rising welterweight contender Joaquin Buckley. A win for ‘Chaos’ would be his first since a March 2022 victory over bitter rival Jorge Masvidal at UFC 272. On the flip side, a loss would drop him to 2-4 in his last six and likely take him firmly out of contention for the welterweight title.
Either scenario could result in a meeting between Covington and Garry in 2025, but a loss against Buckley would likely result in him falling behind Garry in the top 10 rankings.
Would ‘The Future’ still want the fight at that point, or is Garry’s hate for Covington so strong that he’d be willing to fight down the rankings for a chance to pick apart the three-time title challenger?
Colby Covington condemned Khamzat Chimaev’s involvement in a cryptocurrency scam that reportedly ripped off his fans to the tune…
Colby Covington wants to make a video with Ian Garry’s wife. ‘Chaos’ has spent much of the last year…
