UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has proved he has the beating of Colby Covington on two occasions now. The first of those instances was at UFC 245 in 2019, there he broke Covington’s jaw and won via fifth round TKO. Recently, at UFC 268, Usman defeated Covington by unanimous decision.
However, in addition to two sanctioned bouts, Usman says there was almost an unofficial fight between the two at an airport in 2017. Back then cameras captured the moment when Usman approached a surprised Covington. Nothing happened as a result of their chance meeting. Though, both would continue their war of words on the internet with Covington tweeting, “And don’t ever come try to suck up to me again in the airport and be friendly cause next time I see you, you getting bitch slapped.