Colby Covington will face Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC interim welterweight championship, but Warlley Alves is upset that he won’t get to meet the American talent in May.
The interim title bout between Covington and dos Anjos was originally scheduled for May 12 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but the promotion decided to move it from UFC 224 to UFC 225, on June 9 in Chicago, just hours after the official announcement.
The plan to have Covington and RDA fight in Brazil was changed after the Conor McGregor incident in Brooklyn, prior to UFC 223, taking in consideration Covington’s controversial comments about Brazil before and after his win over Demian Maia in Sao Paulo last November.