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\nColby Covington says he’s on good terms with the UFC. |
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Colby The former welterweight contender informed the UFC of his Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “I wasn’t let go. I’m still a UFC fighter. I’ll always be a UFC “It’s 50-50 [if I fight MMA again.] I know I have a lot left in the For now, however, Covington is focused on returning to his “This is the next step in my combat sports career \u2014 to join
\nCovington<\/a> is excited about his future with Real American
\nFreestyle, but he won\u2019t completely rule out a
\nUFC<\/a> comeback before all is said and done.<\/p>\n
\nretirement last week, potentially ending a 17-bout tenure with the
\nLas Vegas-based promotion. While Covington appeared to be upset
\nafter missing out on the
\nUFC White House<\/a>, \u201cChaos\u201d now claims the he\u2019s on good terms with
\nthe organization.<\/p>\n
\nfighter,\u201d Covington said on “The Ariel Helwani Show.\u201d<\/a> \u201cIf I come back to
\nfight again, it will be in the UFC. I’m still under contract with
\nthe UFC. All is still good with the UFC. I’m thankful for
\neverything they did for me.<\/p>\n
\ntank. I know there’s a lot of good miles still left on the tread,
\nbut I don’t know. I can’t predict the future. Only God knows, so I
\ntrust God’s plan.\u201d<\/p>\nBack to His Roots<\/h2>\n
\nwrestling roots at RAF. After earning victories over Luke
\nRockhold<\/a> and Dillon
\nDanis<\/a> earlier this year, Covington is slated to wrestle
\nChris
\nWeidman<\/a> at RAF 9 on May 30. Looking ahead, Covington has his
\nsights set on the the biggest matchups possible in the wrestling
\norganization.<\/p>\n
\nwrestling full-time. My first true love and passion,\u201d Covington
\nsaid. “I started wrestling when I was in diapers, and I was a
\nlittle kid and it was family business to go into the wrestling
\nworld. So now we can get back to doing what I love the most, which
\nis wrestling. It’s amazing what Chad Bronstein has done with Real
\nAmerican Freestyle, and [retiring from UFC] was just the proverbial
\nred tape that needed to be done to be able to clear up the biggest
\nand best matches in RAF, so there’s no limitations to who I can
\nwrestle. I want to wrestle everybody. I want to wrestle Arman
\n[Tsarukyan], I want to wrestle [Khamzat
\nChimaev<\/a>]. I want to wrestle ‘Marty’ Usman \u2014 we have unfinished
\nbusiness, we need to finish this trilogy.<\/p>\n