There was a shock on the official weigh-ins for UFC 286 on Friday.
Shortly after a lot of the fighters, together with former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, successfully weighed in for the upcoming pay-per-view occasion, the backup for Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman III stepped onto the scales. Colby Covington weighed 170 kilos, the restrict for a title battle.
You’ll be able to watch Covington weigh in right here, courtesy of our pals at MMA Combating:
In the course of the pre-fight press conference on Thursday, Edwards and Usman have been requested by Chisanga Malata of The Solar concerning the backup fighter. Neither of them had heard about Covington, as ‘Chaos’ has but to announce a return to the Octagon. Nonetheless, together with his look on the official weigh-ins, it seems as if he’s getting nearer to it.
Covington has fought twice for the UFC welterweight championship, falling brief to Usman at UFC 245 and UFC 268, respectively. After his most up-to-date loss to the ‘Nigerian Nightmare,’ the MMA Masters product rebounded with a unanimous determination over friend-turned-foe Jorge Masvidal at UFC 272 a 12 months in the past.
After the Masvidal battle, Covington was allegedly assaulted by ‘Gamebred’ outdoors of a restaurant in Miami Seashore. The 35-year-old suffered a number of accidents, which noticed him sidelined for the remainder of the 12 months. A court docket case relating to the assault is pending.
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