It’s become a three-man race at the top of the welterweight division, and it seems that UFC president Dana White has made up his mind on who’s next. Speaking at the UFC 240 post-event news conference, White said Colby Covington will get the next shot at 170-pound champion Kamaru Usman if he beats Robbie Lawler on Saturday at UFC on ESPN 5. “Covington is next in line, and he stepped up, he took this Lawler fight, and he’ll get the (title fight),” White said. White and Covington have had their share of issues in the past after the UFC stripped Covington of his interim title earlier this year
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Dana White: If Colby Covington beats Robbie Lawler at UFC on ESPN 5, title shot is his – MMA Junkie