Colby Covington most likely made issues a little bit more durable on himself however in the end confirmed off his wrestling superiority as he shut down Dillon Danis in the RAF 7 co-main occasion.
As an All-American wrestler throughout his school days, Covington was closely favored to win however he acquired a little bit sloppy early, which allowed Danis to finish the primary interval with a 4-4 tie. But the second interval noticed Covington snatch a takedown after which he started turning Danis on the mat because the factors simply began racking up with every transfer.
A one other snap down and a go behind put extra factors up for Covington.
Eventually, Covington acquired to a rating of 14-4 and the match was referred to as as the previous interim welterweight UFC champion acquired the job carried out with a tech fall victory. Danis regarded disenchanted in his efficiency however left the mats with out an incident as he got here up quick in his RAF debut.
(*7*) the match, Covington referred to as for a showdown towards one other former UFC champion in his subsequent look in RAF.
“I want Chris Weidman,” Covington shouted. “Let’s find out who the real American is right here on the Real American Freestyle mats. Get off your couch, pack a lunch because it’s going to be a long night Chris Weidman. We’re going to find out who’s the real All American.”
Danis truly grabbed a single leg to open the match however Covington rapidly countered and reversed positions for a takedown. A break up second later, Danis truly acquired in deep on a single leg once more and this time he delivered a takedown of his personal to tie the rating at 2-2 in the primary interval
Covington picked up two extra factors for a pair of pushouts however Danis managed to scramble for an additional reversal to tie issues up once more.
On the restart, Covington determined he was carried out taking part in round and he acquired Danis right down to the bottom once more however this time he grabbed onto the intestine wrench and began turning and rolling, which allowed him to attain a variety of factors. The barrage continued as Covington was relentless along with his assaults till he acquired to a ten level lead and that ended the match.
To his credit score, Danis put collectively a strong efficiency contemplating how a lot he was seemingly overmatched towards a legit All-American in Covington.
Covington is now 2-0 in RAF with wins over Danis and Luke Rockhold and it seems he’s going to be plotting his comeback there prior to later.
