Colby Covington

American MMA fighter Colby Covington has in his career many victories, but more famous man helped by numerous scandals related to his name. He voluntarily chose for himself the image of a negative character and clearly he should. This did not prevent the athlete to overcome many serious rivals and even get the belt of the interim UFC champion.

The future athlete was born in the winter of 1988 in Rocklin, California, at the age of 11 moved with his parents to Oregon. And in Springfield, where he lived with his family, in colby's biography appeared the first classes of wrestling. The young man started training in high school, and then continued when he entered the State University. There he was educated in sociology and has a bachelor's degree.

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As a university student, Covington participated and won many junior competitions. He was a member of the Pac-12 Sports Conference in the United States and also successfully competed with the National Association of Student Sports.

In 2012, Colby made his professional debut. His opponent then was Chris Ainslie, who surrendered in the 2nd minute. A year later, the International Federation "United World wrestling" organized the championship, as a result of which Colby became the world champion in grappling. This track record was noticed by representatives of a large fighting organization UFC, they contacted the fighter and in the summer of 2014 offered him a contract.

Covington made his UFC debut in August 2014, with Anin Wang as his opponent. 10 seconds before the end of the 1st round, Colby dealt the fighter a hail of blows that led to his technical knockout.

The American's first career defeat was at the end of 2015. Then he was opposed by the Brazilian Varley Alves, known as the winner of the fighting reality show The Ultimate Fighter. 2016 ended with three wins for Colby. In mid-June he faced Jonathan Meunier, max Griffin played against him in August and Brian Barberena in October.

Covington had two fights in 2017. The first was with Korean mixed-style fighter Kim Don Heng. The opponent was strong, the audience that day saw all 3 rounds of 5 minutes. The Korean lost to Colby on points, the judges called the winner the American. The second was also 3 rounds, this time his opponent was the Brazilian Damian Maya. Again, the referees were on Covington's side.

At the beginning of the summer of 2018, the American was waiting for a difficult fight. With Brazilian fighter Rafael dos Anjous, he had to fight for the title of interim UFC welterweight champion. The opponent was strong and survived all the rounds, so the judges had to determine the winner by the number of points. Covington was awarded the victory by unanimous decision. In addition to the coveted belt, the man received an impressive fee.

Covington's personal life raises many questions among the public. Judging by Instagram, where he regularly posts photos with half-naked girls, the athlete is not going to burden himself with a permanent relationship. It is worth noting that in "Twitter" the man behaves a little more modestly, in this social network there are no such publications.

Since 2017, the fighter's colleagues and other members of the public have spoken out about Colby's provocative behavior. He allows himself to speak out against many athletes, deliberately causing conflict. After Damian Mayi's victory, the fighter called the Brazilians "dirty animals" and Brazil a "dump." He later explained that he had reacted in this way to the insults against him. And then he apologized to people in his own manner:

When the UFC welterweight belt was still held by Tyrone Woodley, the man repeatedly challenged him to the fight to take the coveted title. He did it in a provocative way, telling reporters that he had previously sparred with Woodley in the same room and had "broken" his opponent at such training. Allegedly for this reason, now he is afraid to disgrace the whole world, and therefore refuses Covington in battle.

It is worth noting that according to the composition of the American's opponent is slightly inferior, if their weight is the same - 77 kg, then the height of the man is 5 cm lower (Colby - 180 cm, Tyrone - 175 cm).

Colby still continues to train actively. On August 3, 2019, he was waiting for a fight with Robbie Lawler, whom Covington himself in an interview called a living legend of combat sports.

And before agreeing the fight, the American was negotiating a meeting with Kamaru Usman, who won the UFC title in March of the same year. But the man refused to wait for Usman's recovery and chose Lawler as his rivals.

2013 - World Grappling Champion

2018 - Interim UFC welterweight champion

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