Colby Covington Among Fighters Removed From UFC Roster

Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington was among the many fighters who had been faraway from the promotion’s fighter roster.

According to UFC Roster Watch, which tracks additions and subtractions to the UFC roster, Covington was amongst 4 fighters taken off the roster. “Chaos” was taken out of the UFC rankings in Apriland one month later, he’s not a part of the UFC roster in any respect.

According to the official UFC web site, Covington is now listed as a retired fighter.

In addition to Covington, former UFC ladies’s bantamweight title contender Mayra Bueno Silva, light-weight Brad Riddell, and bantamweight Nathan Fletcher had been additionally faraway from the roster.

Colby Covington was a Longtime Welterweight Staple

Covington was a longtime staple of the UFC welterweight division after becoming a member of the promotion again in 2014. He ended up preventing 17 occasions contained in the Octagon, going 12-5 general. His greatest win got here in 2018, when he defeated Rafael dos Anjos to seize the interim UFC welterweight title. He additionally holds notable victories within the UFC over Robbie Lawler, Tyron Woodley, Jorge Masvidal, and Demian Maia.

In latest years, Covington has been very inactive. His final combat got here in opposition to Joaquin Buckley in December 2024, which was a TKO loss. His final win got here in opposition to Masvidal in March 2022, so he hasn’t gained a combat in over 4 years. Despite that, Covington remained a part of the top-15 rankings up till final month, when he was lastly dropped from them. A month later, and now he is been faraway from the roster, apparently resulting from retirement.

It will definitely be fascinating to see if Covington stays retired or if he tries to signal with one other rival promotion like MVP MMA. He does have an RAF wrestling match with Chris Weidman scheduled for the top of this month, after beforehand defeating Luke Rockhold and Dillon Danis within the wrestling-based promotion.

Mayra Bueno Silva Among Other Cut Fighters

In addition to Covington being faraway from the UFC roster, Mayra Bueno Silva was additionally taken off it.

The ladies’s bantamweight fighter, who fought Raquel Pennington for the 135 lbs title in January 2024, has misplaced her final 5 fights in a row. It’s not shocking in any respect that she has been launched from the promotion based mostly on her efficiency lately. She is 0-5, 1 NC over her final six fights, and her final victory got here in February 2023, so her removing from the roster was lengthy overdue based mostly on her lack of success contained in the Octagon. Overall, Bueno Silva was 5-7, 1 NC within the UFC.

Also faraway from the roster is Brad Riddell, a light-weight fighter who had a 4-3 file within the UFC. He has misplaced his final three fights in a row, and his final outing got here in November 2022, when he was submitted by Renato Moicano. Between his shedding skid and his lengthy layoff, this reduce is not shocking both.

Finally, there’s Nathan Fletcher, though this launch was already identified, as he simply competed in Cage Warriors in March. Overall, Fletcher had a 1-2 file within the UFC after an look on “The Ultimate Fighter.” Again, we already knew about this launch since he had already fought exterior of the promotion, however now it’s official.

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