Without even a scheduled date yet, Colby Covington has already begun the smack talk for his fight against Tyron Woodley. For one, he already has it in his mind that the fight will surpass the magnitude of the upcoming lightweight title matchup between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor at UFC 229 on October 6th in Las Vegas.
“Without a doubt it will be Covington vs. Woodley,” Covington said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on ESPN (transcript via MMA Mania). “The sides in the line that are going to be drawn, the anger, the story line, we have a serious history.