It looks like Colby Covington has jumped the queue at welterweight. The former (?) UFC interim champ headlined a UFC on ESPN show against former champ Robbie Lawler over the weekend, and picked up a dominant unanimous decision win. According to UFC president Dana White, who spoke to the media following the Contender Series last night, it was enough to propel “Chaos” to the front of the line ahead of guys like Jorge Masvidal and Leon Roberts:
“Yeah. That’s why I put Covington on ESPN against a guy like Lawler. You can say whatever you want about Covington, you don’t like him or whatever, but he put on a clinic against Lawler, who is a beast.