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Farah Hannoun

UFC Fight Night 224 winner Themba Gorimbo explains how ‘great man’ Colby Covington helped career

LAS VEGAS – Themba Gorimbo credits Colby Covington for facilitating his move to MMA Masters.

Gorimbo (11-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) picked up his first octagon win Saturday at UFC Fight Night 224 when he defeated Takashi Sato by unanimous decision at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The fight against Sato marked Gorimbo’s first with MMA Masters. Gorimbo said he was abandoned after his octagon debut loss, and one person who helped him out is Covington, who has a bad reputation with plenty of people in the MMA industry – but Gorimbo showed “Chaos” plenty of gratitude.

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