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Colby Covington says he’s on good terms with the UFC. | Getty/UFC
Colby Covington is excited about his future with Real American Freestyle, but he won’t completely rule out a UFC comeback before all is said and done.
The former welterweight contender informed the UFC of his retirement last week, potentially ending a 17-bout tenure with the Las Vegas-based promotion. While Covington appeared to be upset after missing out on the UFC White House, “Chaos” now claims the he’s on good terms with the organization.
“I wasn’t let go. I’m still a UFC fighter. I’ll always be a UFC fighter,” Covington said on “The Ariel Helwani Show.” “If I come back to fight again, it will be in the UFC. I’m still under contract with the UFC. All is still good with the UFC. I’m thankful for everything they did for me.
“It’s 50-50 [if I fight MMA again.] I know I have a lot left in the tank. I know there’s a lot of good miles still left on the tread, but I don’t know. I can’t predict the future. Only God knows, so I trust God’s plan.”
Back to His Roots
For now, however, Covington is focused on returning to his wrestling roots at RAF. After earning victories over Luke Rockhold and Dillon Danis earlier this year, Covington is slated to wrestle Chris Weidman at RAF 9 on May 30. Looking ahead, Covington has his sights set on the the biggest matchups possible in the wrestling organization.
“This is the next step in my combat sports career — to join wrestling full-time. My first true love and passion,” Covington said. “I started wrestling when I was in diapers, and I was a little kid and it was family business to go into the wrestling world. So now we can get back to doing what I love the most, which is wrestling. It’s amazing what Chad Bronstein has done with Real American Freestyle, and [retiring from UFC] was just the proverbial red tape that needed to be done to be able to clear up the biggest and best matches in RAF, so there’s no limitations to who I can wrestle. I want to wrestle everybody. I want to wrestle Arman [Tsarukyan], I want to wrestle [Khamzat Chimaev]. I want to wrestle ‘Marty’ Usman — we have unfinished business, we need to finish this trilogy.
“I want to wrestle all these UFC guys, but I can’t get too ahead of myself. This weekend, I have a tough competitor in front of me with Chris Weidman. But it was just a formality, and Hunter gave me his blessing, and it’s all good. It’s all love. … I’m moving onto bigger and better things.”
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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