The UFC president, Dana White, shook the promotion’s entire welterweight division when he declared Colby Covington as Leon Edwards’ next opponent. Soon after UFC 286 ended, White decided that Covington was the best person to lock horns with the current welterweight champion. However, many turned against his decision, as most of the UFC fighters believed that there were many worthy contenders in the division who deserved a title bout. When the media asked if the boss’s decision would change after the bout between Jorge Masvidal and Gilbert Burns at UFC 287, White asserted that nothing could bring about a change in his decision.

However, things became more complicated when ‘Rocky’ came out to say that he didn’t wish to fight Covington, as he was looking for tough fighters to retain his belt once again. No matter what, it is true that the final decision in the promotion will be White’s. According to the UFC boss, Covington is ranked #2 in the welterweight division, which makes him the perfect choice for the title shot. Furthermore, he reinforced how ‘Chaos’ prepared himself to be the backup at the UFC 286 main event. If these reasons are not enough for the UFC community or media, White has “a million other reasons.”

Dana White has a lot of reasons for choosing Colby Covington

In a video uploaded by MMA Junkie from the post-fight press conference of UFC on ESPN 43, the media questioned White on his choice of Colby Covington for the title bout. As an answer to the question, White stated, “That was a no brainer,” the UFC president said “If Usman doesn’t exist Colby’s been the champ now for a while. He’s been there forever. He cut the weight. He showed up to fill in for that fight and a million other reasons why he deserves that fight. Why not Colby deserves a fight, Can somebody explain that to me?”

When White put the question to the media, many pointed out the inactivity of Covington. However, the 53-year-old has the perfect answer to the concerns. White mentioned how Covington was “jumped and actually injured“.

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Here, White was indirectly talking about the beef between ‘Gamebred’ and ‘Chaos’, which ended up with Gamebred attacking Chaos in Miami Beach.

The UFC boss takes the final decision

Dana White is the king of the world’s biggest MMA empire. So it is transparent that the final decision will be White’s. Hence, no one has a choice but to follow the orders of the boss. Even if Edwards does not want to square off against Chaos, he will be compelled to do so, as it is his duty as a champion.

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