Colby Covington proudly represented the American Top Team flag all the way up to winning the UFC interim welterweight belt, and now enters the octagon for the first time with a new team behind him. “Chaos” confirmed he split with ATT back in May, joining Florida’s MMA Masters to train with head coaches Daniel Valverde and Cesar Carneiro.
Covington’s first bout since switching homes takes place Saturday night in Las Vegas, when he headlines UFC Vegas 11 opposite longtime rival Tyron Woodley. Valverde—a black belt in judo and jiu-jitsu who has run MMA Masters for more than a decade alongside Carneiro—has known Covington for years before Covington reached out about joining his team.