Former interim welterweight champion, Colby Covington is set for his return to the Octagon for the first time in a year, taking on the surging, Joaquin Buckley in a reworked headliner at UFC Tampa on December 14. from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
Covington, who currently holds the number six rank in the official welterweight pile, has been sidelined since UFC 296 back in December of last year, most recently dropping a unanimous decision loss to former undisputed champion, Leon Edwards in his third try for the undisputed divisional throne.
As for the streaking St.