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Colby Covington Blows Out Reeling Tyron Woodley in UFC Fight Night 178 Headliner

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Colby Covington may be the most hated man in mixed martial arts, but more often than not, he backs up his bravado with his performance.

High-volume striking, a stifling clinch, opportunistic takedowns and damaging ground-and-pound spurred the MMA Masters representative to a fifth-round injury stoppage of former Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight titleholder Tyron Woodley in the UFC Fight Night 178 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.