Islam Makhachev doesn’t think much of Colby Covington.
On December 14, the three-time UFC title challenger will return to the Octagon for a scrap with No. 9 ranked welterweight contender Joaquin Buckley at the promotion’s final event of 2024.
It will be Covington’s first time competing since coming up short against then-welterweight champion Leon Edwards at UFC 296 around this same time last year. In the time since, ‘Chaos’ has kept himself busy campaigning for and singing the praises of President-elect Donald Trump. Now that the 34-time convicted felon has secured re-election, Covington is ready to get back to business inside the Octagon.