Former interim welterweight champion, Colby Covington has been labelled as a serious threat to incumbent division kingpin, Leon Edwards at UFC 296 next month by former middleweight champion and Hall of Fame inductee, Michael Bisping – for the fact that December’s title affair may come as his final in the promotion.
Covington, the current number three ranked welterweight challenger, has been sidelined since he landed a one-sided unanimous decision win over former two-time welterweight title chaser, Jorge Masvidal back in March of last year.
As for Edwards, the Birmingham native turned in his first successful defense of the welterweight title at UFC 286 back in March in the UK, turning in a second career win over former pound-for-pound number one in the pair’s championship trilogy rubber match.