Off the back of his comprehensive unanimous decision loss to incumbent welterweight best, Leon Edwards at UFC 296 last weekend, former interim titleholder, Colby Covington claims he suffered a fractured foot just 30 seconds into the pairing, as a result of a miscued kick which landed on the Birmingham native’s elbow.
Covington, who headlined UFC 296 over the course of last weekend, made his first Octagon since he landed a one-sided unanimous decision win over arch-rival, Jorge Masvidal in the pair’s long-awaited grudge match.
Failing at his third attempt to mint himself as the undisputed welterweight champion with Saturday’s one-sided judging loss to arch-enemy, Edwards, Covington who was blasted for his derogatory comments on the former’s late father both pre-fight and since post-fight – whom he has since compared to former German dictator, Adolf Hitler.