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Colby Covington

‘Mighty Mouse’ on alleged Masvidal-Covington skirmish – ‘it’s not cool’

Demetrious Johnson insists he has ‘always had respect for people who have beaten me’ ahead of Saturday’s ONE Championship clash with Rodtang.

25 Mar 2022 - 4:53PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 272: Covington mocks Drake for US$275,000 bet on Masvidal

7 Mar 2022 - 1:01AMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 272: Covington dominates Masvidal; Yan suffers controversial loss

6 Mar 2022 - 5:54PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 272: Masvidal and Covington to settle score

Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington will finally face off with former teammates getting five rounds to settle their heated rivalry in the main event of UFC 272.

12 Jan 2022 - 6:46AM

Jorge Masvidal poses on the scale at the UFC 261 weigh-ins. Photo: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Covington walks back Usman embrace, ‘can’t respect cheater’

Colby Covington says he ‘got an unfair shake again’ and claims Kamaru Usman held his glove and hit him in back of head.

7 Nov 2021 - 9:18PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Colby Covington begs UFC ‘let me end Masvidal’s career’

‘Chaos’ tells Jorge Masvidal to pull out of UFC 269 fight with ‘Leon Scott’, and headline next season of The Ultimate Fighter with him.

7 Nov 2021 - 7:51PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 268: Dana White tells Usman ‘you don’t want to fight Canelo’

‘Come on man, let’s stop this,’ says UFC president, as welterweight champ Kamaru Usman sends another warning to boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez.

7 Nov 2021 - 10:16PMvideocam

Kamaru Usman looks on from the Octagon after defeating Colby Covington in their welterweight title bout at UFC 268. Photos: AP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 268: Usman sneaks by Covington, says ‘I’m pound-for-pound best’

Kamaru Usman retains UFC welterweight title with a thrilling decision win over his arch rival Colby Covington, who insists ‘I’m just getting started’.

7 Nov 2021 - 10:15PMvideocam

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Gaethje takes shot at Covington in heated UFC 268 presser

Justin Gaethje faces high-stakes lightweight clash with Michael Chandler but directs his fiercest pre-fight trash talk at Colby Covington during New York press conference.

5 Nov 2021 - 10:44AMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Usman, Covington get physical at UFC 268 press conference

Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington trade trash talk before UFC president Dana White separates them in New York.

5 Nov 2021 - 10:33AMvideocam

Kamaru Usman (right) and Colby Covington are separated by referee Marc Goddard during the UFC 245 main event at T-Mobile Arena. Photo: USA Today

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 261: Covington goads Masvidal after Usman KO

Colby Covington says UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has nothing to be proud of after beating ‘journeyman’ Jorge Masvidal.

25 Apr 2021 - 6:51PMvideocam

UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman throws punches in the fifth round with contender Colby Covington in their title fight at UFC 245 in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2019. Photo: AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC’s Covington calls out LeBron James over Hong Kong

Fighter Colby Covington posted a tirade on Twitter aimed at Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James about his business ties to China.

28 Feb 2021 - 6:41PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Colby thinks McGregor KOs ‘washed up’ Poirier in first round

Colby Covington rips former teammate Dustin Poirier, saying rematch vs Conor McGregor is not going to be competitive – ‘get the Kleenex ready, he’s gonna cry to the world’.

29 Dec 2020 - 3:21PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Covington says Masvidal is ‘running’ from him

UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington questions Jorge Masvidal’s ‘BMF’ credentials after claiming he is ‘dodging fights’.

29 Dec 2020 - 1:20PMvideocam

Colby Covington after his TKO victory over Tyron Woodley in their welterweight bout at UFC Apex on September 19 in Las Vegas. Photo: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC’s Covington says Trump will ‘KO Covid-19’ in a weekend

Colby Covington blasts fans ‘wishing harm on 74-year-old grandfather’ Donald Trump, and confirms he tested negative for coronavirus after attending presidential debate.

4 Oct 2020 - 8:15PMvideocam

Colby Covington poses with US President Donald Trump at a Nevada rally. Photo: Instagram

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Gaethje wants to slap ‘total coward’ Covington

UFC interim lightweight champ Justin Gaethje says he’s ‘never met someone as fake’ as Colby Covington after Donald Trump rally.

2 Oct 2020 - 6:17PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Adesanya blasts Covington comments and media ‘hypocrisy’

UFC champion Israel Adesanya takes aim at MMA media for silence on Colby Covington’s comments to Kamaru Usman, while ‘everyone lost their minds’ over his Twin Towers joke.

24 Sep 2020 - 2:34PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC’s Covington says LeBron ‘wouldn’t last 10 seconds’ in fight

Pro-Trump Colby Covington hits back as NBA icon LeBron James says ‘anybody can talk from outside’ after the UFC star criticised the ‘woke athlete’.

22 Sep 2020 - 11:22AM

Colby Covington gets his hand raised after his TKO victory over Tyron Woodley at the UFC Apex on September 19, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Edwards mocks Colby’s UFC title shot claim – ‘KO’d by a wrestler’

Leon Edwards says Colby Covington ‘just got battered’ by UFC champ Kamaru Usman and isn’t interested in fighting welterweight contender because it won’t get him a title shot.

18 Jul 2020 - 2:56PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Colby vows to retire Woodley, as UFC waits on former champ

UFC president Dana White confirms Colby Covington has signed a deal to fight Tyron Woodley in August, but the former champ wants a September or October fight date.

18 Jul 2020 - 1:55PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Masvidal the ‘easiest fight’ says Covington

Colby Covington exposes former American Top Team teammate Jorge Masvidal, saying ‘last time we trained, he got knocked down with a high kick’.

13 Jul 2020 - 7:32PMvideocam

Dustin Poirier (left) with Jorge Masvidal at the American Top Team gym in Florida. Instagram / Jorge Masvidal

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 251: Masvidal shuts down chance of fighting Colby next

Jorge Masvidal says Colby Covington is ‘below me a lot’ as talk turns to his next fight after falling short at UFC 251 against Kamaru Usman – ‘definitely not that punk’.

12 Jul 2020 - 8:11PMvideocam

Kamaru Usman takes down Jorge Masvidal in their UFC welterweight championship fight during UFC 251. Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 251: Covington bets big against ‘undisciplined’ Masvidal

Colby Covington recalls living with former teammate Jorge Masvidal, saying he will ‘load the house’ on champion Kamaru Usman winning at UFC 251.

8 Jul 2020 - 12:06PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Covington calls Poirier ‘fake’ and ‘an easy fight’

Colby Covington again breaks American Top Team promise by slamming ‘Doofus’ Dustin Poirier and Jorge ‘Street Judas’ Masvidal.

5 Jul 2020 - 4:18PMvideocam

Justin Gaethje

UFC: ‘Iron sharpens iron’ as Gaethje goes blow-for-blow with Usman

Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has been sparring with Justin Gaethje ahead of headlining Dana White’s first ‘Fight Island’ event.

30 Jun 2020 - 11:23AMvideocam

Justin Gaethje is taking a bit of a beating from his training partner Kamaru Usman. Photo: USA TODAY Sports

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Masvidal glad ‘cancer’ Covington gone from ATT gym

Jorge Masvidal says Colby Covington was ‘never a part’ of American Top Team after trash talking teammates – ‘he didn’t feel safe in here, I wonder why?’

28 May 2020 - 5:34PMvideocam

Jorge Masvidal fights against Nate Diaz at UFC 244. Photo: AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Colby says American Top Team exit is ‘blessing in disguise’

Former UFC interim welterweight champ Colby Covington confirms he has split with Florida gym after relentless trash talking of teammates created ‘tough situation’.

28 May 2020 - 5:35PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Edwards says Woodley running; ‘doesn’t want to fight’

Leon Edwards thinks Tyron Woodley is calling out everyone else instead of him since their fight was postponed because ‘he’s getting up there in age, if I beat him where does he go?’

25 Apr 2020 - 11:28AM

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Colby Covington

Colby Covington is an American MMA fighter in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).

Born

22 Feb 1988

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Sport

Job Title

Athlete

last updated:

7 October, 2024