Colby Covington hasn’t had the very best week.
Shortly after struggling a third-round physician’s stoppage TKO loss to Joaquin Buckley at UFC Tampa, Covington headed to The Bahamas to compete for a share of a $50 million prize pool on the World Collection of Poker Paradise Tremendous Principal Occasion.
Sadly for Covington, he was knocked out of the event on the primary day of competitors.
UFC Famous person Colby “Chaos” Covington making his SECOND GRAND entrance in 24 hours! After a controversial ending to his bout with Joaquin Buckley, he is again within the ring for Day 1D of the $50M GTD SUPER Principal Occasion! #respect ✊ @ColbyCovMMA pic.twitter.com/UfHBcawOMG
— WSOP – World Collection of Poker (@WSOP) December 15, 2024
The previous interim welterweight champion has been taking part in poker for a few years and has accrued over $230,000 in whole dwell earnings, in line with The Hendon Mob poker database. He even earned near $50,000 throughout a seventh-place money at a event in July 2022.
Covington returned to the octagon for the primary time in a 12 months to face Buckley on quick discover, struggling his second straight loss within the course of. “Chaos” is 2-4 in his previous six outings — together with three world title fights — which incorporates victories over Tyron Woodley and Jorge Masvidal.
