Colby Covington won the UFC interim title in June 2018, when he defeated Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 225. He was then lined up to challenge Tyron Woodley but was leapfrogged by Kamaru Usman, much to his dismay.
During a recent interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, UFC president Dana White went on to further discuss Covington’s current status.
“He’s not the interim champ,” White said (via MMA Mania). “We offered a fight to Covington and Covington didn’t take the fight. I say it all the time, 20 years I’ve been saying this, I don’t know how many more times I’ve got to say it, this is a sport of opportunity.