Former interim welterweight champion, Colby Covington seems to have squashed his long-standing beef with former undisputed kingpin and two-fight foe, Kamaru Usman — making an attempt to embrace the previous pound-for-pound primary backstage at UFC Vegas 102 in a single day — albeit in awkward vogue.
Covington, who made his return to motion following a year-long hiatus again in December, was completed by the surging, Joaquin Buckley in an eventual third spherical physician’s stoppage TKO loss of their short-notice UFC Battle Evening Tampa headliner.
The loss got here as Covington’s second on the trot following a previous unanimous determination blemish towards then-champion, Leon Edwards — and noticed him falter to quantity 9 within the official welterweight pile.
Colby Covington awkwardly embraces Kamaru Usman at UFC Vegas 102
Nonetheless, in a single day while attending UFC Vegas 102, Covington stay streamed some footage backstage — and awkwardly tried to embrace former two-fight foe, Usman — claiming it was “good” to see him — because the latter continued on his path again to the studio.
Twice going through off with undisputed welterweight kingpin, Usman throughout their respective Octagon tenures, Clovis native, Covington would endure a fifth spherical stoppage loss to the previous of their first pairing again in 2019, earlier than forcing him the space in a title determination loss two years later at Madison Sq. Backyard.
And amid his shedding skid and unsuccessful title expenses in undisputed vogue, Covington has claimed he nonetheless believes he can land welterweight spoils earlier than his fight sports activities profession is over.
“We’re going to do the unthinkable. We’re going to shock the world,” Colby Covington stated throughout a latest stream on his Twitch channel. “DC (Daniel Cormier) was a champion at 41. I’m solely 36 years younger. No motive I can’t be champion.
