Colby Covington will fight in new main event of UFC Tampa

Colby Covington will fight in a new main event of the UFC Tampa. The American will fight a duel in front of his home crowd on Saturday, December 14.

Colby Covington will return to the UFC octagon after a one-year break from competing. Chaos fought his last bout on December 16, 2023 at UFC 296 in Las Vegas. The American first focused on rest after his defeat to Leon Edwards, and then became heavily involved in Donald Trump’ s campaign by appearing at a series of events.

Covington had no plans to fight in 2024, however, the right opportunity came along. First, the chance to perform in front of an audience of 20,000 people in Tampa, Florida has arisen, and second, it will be the fight of the evening of the event.

Colby Covington will replace Ian Garry on the roster, who has been moved to the UFC 310 fight card. This means that Colby will face Joaquin Buckley in the octagon, who holds a series of five wins in a row. New Mansa is six years younger than Covington, and will also have a greater arm range on his side.

Ranked sixth in the welterweight division, Colby basically had no other choice and probably wouldn’t even get a higher ranked opponent in early 2025. Especially since the UFC matchmakers decided that a Rakhmonov vs Garry fight would be a more interesting option.

After all, after all, somehow you also have to sell tickets to the Amalie Arena in Tampa, which is in the same state as Miami, where Colby Covington lives on a daily basis. The Covington vs Buckley fight was, of course, contracted for five rounds in the limit of the category up to 77 kilograms.