Colby Covington Makes Return In UFC Tampa Main Event Fight With Joaquin Buckley In December

Former interim welterweight champion, Colby Covington is ready for his return to the Octagon for the primary time in a yr, taking up the surging, Joaquin Buckley in a reworked headliner at UFC Tampa on December 14. from the Amalie Area in Tampa, Florida.

Covington, who presently holds the quantity six rank within the official welterweight pile, has been sidelined since UFC 296 again in December of final yr, most not too long ago dropping a unanimous resolution loss to former undisputed champion, Leon Edwards in his third attempt for the undisputed divisional throne.

As for the streaking St. Louis native, Buckley, the present quantity 9 ranked contender most not too long ago featured at UFC 308 final month in Salt Lake Metropolis, stopping former two-time welterweight title challenger, Stephen Thompson with a thunderous rallying knockout win.

Colby Covington books UFC Battle Night time Tampa headliner with Joaquin Buckley

And as per UFC CEO, Dana White on-line tonight, Colby Covington is now set to tackle Joaquin Buckley in a reworked headliner at UFC Battle Night time Tampa subsequent month.

Changing the unbeaten, Ian Garry in a predominant occasion struggle with Buckley, Covington takes the place of the Irish striker, who has now booked a co-headliner over the course of 5 rounds in an officially-billed title eliminator against the undefeated, Shavkat Rakhmonov a week earlier at UFC 310.

With no win since 2022, Clovis native, Covington’s most up-to-date success got here within the type of a unanimous resolution shutout win over former American Top Team coaching accomplice and shut buddy, Jorge Masvidal within the pair’s predominant occasion grudge struggle.

A former interim champion, Colby Covington struck divisional spoils again in 2018 within the co-headliner of UFC 225, defeating former undisputed light-weight kingpin, Rafael dos Anjos.

As for Buckley, the streaking contender who has received 5 in a row since his return to the welterweight restrict, has bested names together with the likes of Vicente Luque, Alex Morono, and the above-mentioned, Thompson.