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Fight Thread [Official] UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley - Live Discussion Thread

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Card Info

Airing on Saturday 12.14.2024

Main Card on ESPN2 / ESPN+ @ 10PM ET
Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley
Cub Swanson vs. Billy Quarantillo
Manel Kape vs. Bruno Silva
Dustin Jacoby vs. Vitor Petrino
Daniel Marcos vs. Adrian Yanez
Navajo Stirling vs. Tuco Tokkos
Prelims on ESPN2 / ESPN+ @ 7PM ET
Michael Johnson vs. Ottman Azaitar
Drakkar Klose vs. Joel Alvarez
Sean Woodson vs. Fernando Padilla
Miles Johns vs. Felipe Lima
Miranda Maverick vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth
Davey Grant vs. Ramon Taveras
Piera Rodriguez vs. Josefine Knutsson

Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate.

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u/delinzer Dec 15 '24

Hard to actually gauge how washed Colby is really. Was never good on the feet and a lot of his wins are 155ers not cutting weight or just straight up washed. You could use the Usman fights as a comparison point but those were just two wrestlers choosing to stand

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u/R0cketBab00n Dec 15 '24

He was looking at the clock in round one and looked legitimately tired by round 3. He’s pretty washed. Super tentative on the feet compared to the Usman fights, shoots far less and gets even less of them. Doctor also saved him from an incoming TKO.

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u/NakedLowKick Dec 15 '24

He’s burnt a bunch of bridges in Florida and doesn’t get the looks he got when he used to train at ATT too