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Farah Hannoun

Michael Chandler: Colby Covington ‘should be fighting on the prelims’ after UFC 296 performance

Michael Chandler was not impressed with Colby Covington’s performance at UFC 296.

Covington (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) lost an uneventful decision to welterweight champion Leon Edwards (22-3 MMA, 14-2 UFC) in this past Saturday’s headliner at T-Mobile Arena, where he was unusually tentative in the first few rounds.

Chandler mocked Covington’s performance by using his 1776 war reference – the United States’ Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. He thinks Covington talked a big game and didn’t back it up.

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