Colby Covington has a brand new head coach forward of his return at UFC Tampa.
Covington is set to take on Joaquin Buckley on Saturday night time at UFC Tampa in a pivotal welterweight bout. It’s Covington’s first struggle since he suffered a call loss to Leon Edwards final yr for the welterweight title.
Since that struggle, Covington hasn’t stated a lot, and forward of this bout, it’s been revealed he’s made some modifications to his camp. On the ceremonial weigh-ins, he revealed that UFC legend Chael Sonnen is his new head coach.
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“I’m going to have my head coach and position mannequin be talking for me tonight,” Covington said, earlier than Chael Sonnen took the mic.
“I got here to let you know if you end up the best fighter on the earth, they’ve a reputation for you. They don’t name you an excellent fighter, they name you ‘Chaos’ Covington, solely within the Octagon 10 o’clock Japanese, 7 Pacific, and solely on ESPN,” Sonnen added.
Chael Sonnen being Colby Covington’s coach for this struggle is fascinating. Covington had been coaching at MMA Masters however he now determined to work with Sonnen.
