Normally, Dana White claims that he doesn’t like to engage in matchmaking right after an event.
In the case of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s welterweight division, however, there is an easily identifiable No. 1 contender for newly-crowned champion Kamaru Usman. Shortly after Usman dispatched Tyron Woodley in a surprisingly dominant five-round verdict in the UFC 235 co-headliner, the UFC president confirmed that Colby Covington would be next for “The Nigerian Nightmare.”
Covington, the former interim champion, was very visible from his cageside seat on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.