In breaking news ahead of UFC 286, UFC revealed former interim champ Colby Covington as the backup for the main event going down between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman. The American came out during the weigh-ins shocking fans and viewers as there was no prior announcement of his participation in the event. This surprising turn of events left fans clamoring for ‘Chaos’ to step inside the Octagon, with some even wishing for someone to pull out of the fight just so that they can see Covington fight. After all, it has been a while since he has been in the octagon.

Despite having been away from any sort of news, Covington’s appearance at the weigh-ins clearly is a major update, and in the scenario of a possible pullout, fans could see the former interim champ step inside the cage. Many people were surprised by his appearance as there was no news about the American being a backup for the event. This causes a lot of excitement amongst social media users.

MMA fans went berserk as clips of Covington making weight went viral.

“Out of no where “

Well good to see he’s been training”

“My guy really was the backup”

A matchup between Covington and Edwards apparently seemed far more interesting for fans rather than the scheduled main event.

“I wanna see somebody pull Out know”

“better have colby vs leon scott”

“Usman please back out”

“Ok somebody needs to dropout so colby can fight lol”

The manner in which UFC kept the entire thing a secret was yet another amazing aspect of this turn of events.

“UFC really made Colby the back-up without telling the fighters wtf”

“crazy this was kept well of secret not even Leon and usman knew bout this ahahah there faces at the press conference like when asked bout it “WTF CUH”

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“This dude only fights if it’s for a belt lmao”

“I f*cking wish. That would get me to buy the ppv for sure”

Will Colby Covington step inside the cage for UFC 286?

Although the 35-year-old successfully managed to tip the scale at 170 lbs, and despite fans wanting to see him fight again after a layoff of over a year, the chances of him making the walkout are quite slim at the moment.

Since both Edwards and Usman made weight successfully, making the main event official; it might take something out of the blue for ‘Chaos’ to get a chance to face either of the men. In spite of that, there’s no denying that the idea of him facing Usman for the third time, or even Edwards for that matter, is a mouth-watering prospect.

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Maybe the UFC does have something in store for Covington? Could it be a possible title fight after the event in the O2 Arena wraps up? What do you think?

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