According to a report by ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, Colby Covington was advised to pull out of his pivotal welterweight clash with Robbie Lawler at UFC on ESPN 5 due to injury.
Covington, who went on to beat Lawler via dominant unanimous decision in the UFC on ESPN 5 main event at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, required sixteen stitches after sustaining a headbutt in training.
Check out the photo below.
This photo is Colby Covington three weeks ago. An accidental headbutt in training opened a cut that required 16 stitches. He told me a doctor told him he should consider pulling out because of its proximity to his eye.