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Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington 2 Set For UFC 268 In November
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Usman will defend his UFC welterweight title against Covington to headline a UFC PPV card in November according to UFC president Dana White. The official date of the fight is unknown as is the location and venue. However, there is a strong possibility that the event could take place in New York City’s Madison Square Garden. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto.
This will be the second time that the two fighters face off after Usman defeated Covington at UFC 245 back in December 2019. That was Usman’s first successful title defense, which he achieved by round 5 TKO in what many believe to be one of if not the best fight of 2019.
Colby Covington says Kamaru Usman ‘shouldn’t be happy’ with win over ‘journeyman’ Jorge Masvidal
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Colby Covington was not impressed with Kamaru Usman’s performance in Jacksonville, Florida last night.
Usman, the reigning welterweight champion, knocked out Jorge Masvidal in the UFC 261 main event to retain his title. But ‘Chaos’ says he would have got the finish much sooner, labelling ‘Gamebred’ a journeyman fighter.
“It took eight minutes longer than I would finish Jorge Masvidal in every time we trained,” Covington said on the ESPN post-fight show (h/t Nolan King of MMA Junkie). “That guy is a journeyman. What’s he got: 15, 20 losses on his record? You shouldn’t be happy or praising yourself for beating a journeyman like that. There’s a reason he’s a backstabber. He’s a street Judas. He’s a bum. If I lost the next 12 fights in a row, I’d still have a better record than journeyman Masvidal.”