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We are standing at the doorstep of arguably the best card of 2021, UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington, which goes down live tomorrow night.

UFC welterweight contender Vicente Luque will weigh in and serve as the backup to Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington 2 at UFC 268.

Stephen Thompson agrees with welterweight champion Kamaru Usman that Michael Chiesa is more deserving of a title shot than Colby Covington

UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman believes that Michael Chiesa is as deserving of a world title shot as any of the other names available in the division. After defeating Gilbert Burns in the UFC 258 main event, Kamaru Usman was eager to step right back into the Octagon to scratch his competitive itch and rub out Jorge Masvidal and his six days’ notice “excuse” once and for all. And that’s exactly what he did. Usman was able to finish Masvidal as he said he would, bringing definitiv...

Colby Covington is enjoying kicking his former best buddy when he’s down. If you thought Colby Covington would take sympathy on the plight of his former best friend Jorge Masvidal, you haven’t really been paying attention. For instance, less than 24 hours before the biggest fight of Masvidal’s career, Covington did an interview claiming that Masvidal cheated on his wife and also “cheated” and “lied” to his children. That being said, it most certainly looks as though the friendshi...