Former interim welterweight champion, Colby Covington appears to have squashed his long-standing beef with former undisputed kingpin and two-fight foe, Kamaru Usman — attempting to embrace the former pound-for-pound number one backstage at UFC Vegas 102 overnight — albeit in awkward fashion.
Covington, who made his return to action following a year-long hiatus back in December, was finished by the surging, Joaquin Buckley in an eventual third round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss in their short-notice UFC Fight Night Tampa headliner.
The loss came as Covington’s second on the trot following a prior unanimous decision blemish against then-champion, Leon Edwards — and saw him falter to number nine in the official welterweight pile.