Whatever you think of Colby Covington, he’s putting a lot on the line this weekend.
“Chaos” received affirmation from UFC president Dana White that heading into Saturday’s main event encounter with Robbie Lawler at UFC on ESPN 5, Covington is the No. 1 contender for Kamaru Usman’s welterweight title. All he has to do to retain that spot is defeat Lawler, a former UFC champion, former teammate, and one of the most feared knockout artists in all of MMA.
No problem, right?
Meanwhile, Lawler is looking to erase the awful taste of a controversial submission loss to Ben Askren in his last fight.