It has appeared Covington and Woodley were predestined to satisfy, but the fight has never come together. In March, Covington volunteered to step in when Leon Edwards was ruled out of UFC London when the promotion attempted to move the card to the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic. Woodley invited Covington to combat one month later on at UFC 249 and assured to compose him off for good without an agreement.
It has appeared Covington and Woodley were predestined to fulfill, but the battle has actually never come together. In March, Covington offered to action in when Leon Edwards was ruled out of UFC London when the promotion tried to move the card to the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic. Then Woodley welcomed Covington to combat one month later at UFC 249 and assured to write him off for good without a contract.
Following his preliminary post, Covington released a statement to MMA Fighting about the matchup falling through once again.
” This was supposed to be your centerpiece August 22nd on ESPN until Tyrone did what his daddy mustve and pulled out … AGAIN!” Covington wrote on Instagram.
” He gassed out versus a fat school instructor the other night playing relay races on NBC, and I think the individuals near to him finally had a pertained to Jesus meeting about the suicidal propensities he is showing by desiring to sign a contract with my name on the other end of it,” Covington stated of Woodley. “Its a death sentence and he knows it, everyone knows it.”
Woodley went onto defeat Darren Till, and then he suffered a thumb injury that kept him from competing again for the remainder of the year.
It appeared the match would take place in 2018 after Covington caught the interim welterweight title while Woodley was still the ruling 170-pound champion. Covington underwent sinus surgical treatment after a big win over ex-lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos, and he was unable to make a quick turn around to combat once again in September.
A long waited for face-off between previous colleagues Colby Covington and Tyron Woodley remained in the works for the UFC occasion on Aug. 22, according to Covington, however the fight will no longer take place.
According to the most recent contract, the UFC tried to book the fight as the primary occasion for the Aug. 22 card scheduled for the APEX center in Las Vegas. Yet once again, the competitors will not be conference.
MMA Fighting reached out to Woodleys management group for comment, but did not get an action at the time of publication.
When it concerns the battle, Covington and Woodley have actually been taken part in a heated rivalry for numerous years. But in spite of the bad blood in between them, they have still never ever clashed inside the octagon.
Covington on Wednesday posted a copy of a bout contract for the bout and stated the ex-UFC champ eventually pulled out of the event.
The “relay races” Covington mentioned is Woodleys recent appearance on the truth competitors series Titan Games hosted by star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
Ultimately, Woodley lost his title to Kamaru Usman in 2019, and Covington lastly made his go back to action later that year when he got a win over previous champ Robbie Lawler.
