Mar 5, 2022; Las Vegas, Nevada, UNITED STATES; Colby Covington (red gloves) battles Jorge Masvidal (blue gloves) throughout UFC 272 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
December 8, 2023 10: 30 am ET
Daniel Cormier believes Colby Covington has overachieved in his MMA profession.
Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) obstacles welterweight champ Leon Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) in the UFC 296 headliner Dec. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The primary card airs on pay-per-view listbelow prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
Cormier, a previous two-division UFC champ and UFC Hall of Famer, doesn’t see any particular unique associates in previous interim champ Covington, which is why he’s impressed at the success he’s been able to have.
“I think for everybody we watch in this stunning sport that we have the honor of calling, no one hasactually done more with less than Colby Covington,” Cormier stated on a current episode of The Joe Rogan Experience. “He’s not the greatest, he’s not the fastest, he’s not the str