Colby Ray Covington is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is the former interim UFC Welterweight Champion. Today we will discuss about Colby Covington: Nicknames| When is the fight| Interview.
Colby Covington: Nicknames| When is the fight| Interview
Covington was born on February 22, 1988, in Clovis, California. His parents are Noel and Brad Covington, and he has two sisters named Candace and Callie. His family moved from California to Oregon when he was eight years old. Covington, along with other American Top Team members, made several appearances at Impact Wrestling, where he aligned himself with Lashley and King Mo. In 2017, he defeated the team of Moose and Stephen Bonner in Bound for Glory. In building up to the event, they hired Stevie Richards as their strength and conditioning coach.
Born: 22 February 1988 (age 34 years), Clovis, California, United States
Height: 1.8 m
Weight: 169 lb (77 kg; 12 st 1 lb)
Nickname(s): Chaos
University: Oregon State University
Siblings: Candace Covington
Parents: Brad Covington, Noelle Covington
Nicknames
Colby began his fighting sporting journey as a wrestler at Thurston High School and won the 171lb (77.5 kg) state championship in his senior year before moving on to university. Colby Covington nickname is “Chaos”. During his university years, Covington won the 165-lbs national junior college wrestling title, qualified for the NCAA Tournament twice, and won the Pac-10 Conference championship twice in the 174-lbs category before graduating in 2011.
When is the fight
The UFC returns to the PPV this weekend with a rare non-title main event from Las Vegas. The door to the octagon closed when a pair of heated rivals at UFC 272 heading welterweight Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, March 5.
Covington and Masvidal are former teammates who have become enemies of hatred. While fans have long wanted to see two square offs in the octagon, both men have tied with their personal rivalry with UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.
In the week before the event, UFC 272 lost its co-main event when Rafael Fijiev was knocked out of his bout with former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. News broke on Monday that Fiziv had tested positive for COVID-19.
Interview
Colby Covington recently took a shot at labeling UFC analyst Din Thomas as Tyrone Woodley’s “water boy.”
Covington and Tyrone Woodley faced each other in a ‘Chaos’ battle won by TKO in the fifth round in 2020. The win over the former UFC welterweight champion two years ago was Covington’s last win in the Octagon.
During the UFC 270 weigh-in show, Din Thomas expressed interest in working with Covington as part of his Din Diaries series. However, ‘Chaos’ does not like Thomas’ proposal and targets his former rival Woodley to surround him. Covington would return for a fifth straight main event fight in promotion to the UFC Octagon at UFC 272. ‘Chaos’ is currently on the back of a loss to Kamaru Usman, who was defeated by the current UFC Welterweight Champion at UFC 268.
