With three losses in his past four fights, and three setbacks in title fights, it’s likely Colby Covington’s welterweight championship quest has come to the end of the line.
And even though Covington, who will turn 37 next month, has talked about a move to 155 pounds in the past, he now says that won’t happen. Instead, he thinks a move to 185 could be in his future.
“Colby’s thought about moving down to lightweight for many years, and Colby realized he doesn’t want to kill himself,” Covington recently told Submission Radio. “He doesn’t want to be a weight bully. Islam (Makhachev), the Khabib (Nurmagomedovs) of the world, they’re lightweight bullies. They have such a weight advantage – 30, 40 pounds on fight night – but it’s just not healthy. It’s not sustainable, either. You cut all that weight, then you start having organ failure. I want to have a good quality of life. I think about longevity and I think about my health 20, 30 years from now.”
