Set to return to the Octagon for the first time since March of last year next month, former interim welterweight champion, Colby Covington has been backed to not just beat, but knock out undisputed champion, Leon Edwards in their UFC 296 title showdown.
Covington, the current number three ranked welterweight contender and former division interim champion, has been sidelined since he took main event honors at UFC 272 in March of last year, landing a one-sided unanimous decision win over arch-rival and former training partner, Jorge Masvidal.
As for Birmingham native, Edwards, the undisputed welterweight champion managed to turn in his first successful defense of the divisional crown at UFC 286 back in March in London, landing a close, majority decision win over common-foe, Kamaru Usman in the pair’s trilogy rubber match in the UK.