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Colby Covington willing to face Tyron Woodley at UFC 233, says champ ‘doesn’t want to fight’

The UFC wants Tyron Woodley to headline the upcoming UFC 233 PPV opposite Colby Covington, but ‘T-Wood’ doesn’t seem to be playing ball.

The reigning welterweight champion is currently injured and probably won’t be able to make the walk to the Octagon on Jan. 26 but, according to former teammate turned rival Covington, the fight is still ‘on the table.’

“As far as I’m concerned, yeah it is on the table,” Covington told Luke Thomas on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour (h/t Alexander K. Lee of MMAFighting). “I would fight Tyron Woodley there, but I can’t speak the same for him.