Last Chance Saloon for Colby Covington at UFC 296

Image for Last Chance Saloon for Colby Covington at UFC 296Colby Covington will compete in his six straight main event when he takes on Leon Edwards for the welterweight strap at UFC 296. Last time out, Covington defeated Jorge Masvidal in the main event of last year’s annual MSG card in a one-sided decision victory over five rounds. Despite having his hand raised in his last outing, he’s 2-2 in his last four, with two losses in title fights to former champion, Kamaru Usman.

A shocking stat for Covington is that he doesn’t hold a single win over a current ranked welterweight. Despite this, he was still given the chance to fight for the title and this is arguably due to his controversial…