Colby Covington is title shot bound af𝓰ter UFC Newark Satꩲurday.
-- You suck! You suck! You suck! --
— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc)
Colby Covington takes to to 's infamous entrance music ----
SOUND ON! This is excellent! --
The oft-hated Colby Covington came to the cage to Kurt Angle's WWE theme, looking to garner the "you suck" chants that followed Angle, and the crowd didn't disappoint. With President Do♏nald Trump tweeting him, and Eric and Donald Trump Jr. in tꦦhe crowd, the pressure was on for Covington. He'd already been stripped of the Interim Welterweight Title he'd won due to injuries, and a loss to his former teammate in Lawler would put him at the end of the line.
Fight hard tonight Colby. You are a real Champ!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
Whatꩵ followed was a one-sided fight that saw Covington dominate al🐭l aspects of the fight for the duration of five rounds on his way to a unanimous decision win.
"I don't want ไto wait until November. We can𝔉 do it right now."
— UFC (@ufc)
UF🐠C Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman watched on, as the Trump brothers were thrilled by Covington's performance. Covington trash🍌ed Lawler before stumbling through a promo calling out Usman to fight him tonight.
"I don't want ෴to w♕ait until November. We can do it right now."
— UFC (@ufc)
You can see our full, live coverage of UFC Newark at this link, and our post-show wrap up at this link. We'll also cover the event in full on Tue𒊎sday's Fightful MMA Podcast at 2 PM EST.
