Colby Covington: Kamaru Usman Is Faking Injuries Again

Colby Covington believes Kamaru Usman is putting off their bout for as long as he can. Usman is the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title holder. He captured the gold earlier this month with a dominating outing against Tyron Woodley, …

Colby Covington believes Kamaru Usman is putting off their bout for as long as he can. Usman is the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title holder. He captured the gold earlier this month with a dominating outing against Tyron Woodley, who hadn’t suffered defeat since June 2014. Just one day after his UFC 235 victory, […]

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Kamaru Usman Theorizes Why Ben Askren is Popular

Kamaru Usman believes he has put a finger on the reason behind Ben Askren’s popularity, and it is not because of his “funky” style of wrestling. Ben Askren has become known to mix it up with many of his peers on social media, including jestingly callin…

Kamaru Usman believes he has put a finger on the reason behind Ben Askren’s popularity, and it is not because of his “funky” style of wrestling. Ben Askren has become known to mix it up with many of his peers on social media, including jestingly calling Kamaru Usman “Marty from Nebraska,” referring to Usman’s nickname […]

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Dana White Says Usman Will Fight Covington As Soon As He’s Healthy

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White plans to book Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington once the welterweight champion is healthy. Covington has done all he can to keep his name in the mix at 170 pounds and it has paid off. Back in Jun…

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White plans to book Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington once the welterweight champion is healthy. Covington has done all he can to keep his name in the mix at 170 pounds and it has paid off. Back in June 2018, “Chaos” captured the interim welterweight title against Rafael dos […]

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Coach: Kamaru Usman Wants To Punish Colby Covington

Kamaru Usman’s coach says his fighter wants to silence Colby Covington. Usman turned in a one-sided thrashing over Tyron Woodley earlier this month. His pressure was too much for “The Chosen One” to handle and it earned Usman the Ulti…

Kamaru Usman’s coach says his fighter wants to silence Colby Covington. Usman turned in a one-sided thrashing over Tyron Woodley earlier this month. His pressure was too much for “The Chosen One” to handle and it earned Usman the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title via unanimous decision. This instantly set up a title defense […]

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Tyron Woodley Tells Conor McGregor to ‘Quit Being a B—h, Let’s Fight’

Tyron Woodley lost the UFC welterweight title less than three weeks ago, but the dethroned champion is already campaigning for a return against Conor McGregor , whom he has told to “quit being a b—h…

Tyron Woodley lost the UFC welterweight title less than three weeks ago, but the dethroned champion is already campaigning for a return against Conor McGregor , whom he has told to “quit being a b—h…

Dana White Confirms Colby Covington Will Fight Usman Next

Despite knocking Darren Till senseless in the main event of last weekend’s UFC London, Jorge Masvidal will not be the next man to challenge new welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. Instead, Colby Covington will get the nod. And according to White, the wheels are already in motion to have “The Nigerian Nightmare” defend his title against […]

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Despite knocking Darren Till senseless in the main event of last weekend’s UFC London, Jorge Masvidal will not be the next man to challenge new welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.

Instead, Colby Covington will get the nod. And according to White, the wheels are already in motion to have “The Nigerian Nightmare” defend his title against “Chaos” later this year.

“Masvidal just looked great. He just came off two losses then has a big win over [Darren] Till,” White told Yahoo! Sports (via MMAMania). “When Usman jumped over Colby Covington, he was on a win streak, looked incredible against [Rafael dos Anjos], who I respect. Ali doesn’t make fights, we do. So no, yeah, Colby’s getting the next fight.”

If this is indeed the case, then it would seem like a foregone conclusion to have “Gamebred” throw down (in the Octagon) with No. 10-ranked Leon Edwards. Besides, the Usman-Covington beef has some genuine heat and the two have been on a collision course for some time.

As far as a possible date for Usman’s first title defense, that remains to be seen. However, he is coming off of a fairly significant surgery so a late summer, early fall scenario seems likely.

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