Joaquin Buckley put an absolute beating on Colby Covington, forcing the cageside doctor to step in and convey a cease to the bout late within the third spherical.
Within the opening spherical of their UFC Tampa headliner, ‘New Mansa’ managed to stuff each one in all Covington’s feeble takedown makes an attempt and caught the three-time title challengers with a nasty shot that opened up a minimize simply over Covington’s left eye.
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The third spherical noticed Buckley proceed his dominance on the texture whereas Covington desperately tried to work ‘New Mansa’ again to the mat. Earlier than lengthy, Covington logged one other profitable takedown, however Buckley was once more capable of wall-walk his method again up.
As soon as the 2 fighters have been upright, referee Dan Miragliotta known as for a pause to have the physician verify Covington’s eye as soon as once more. It solely took seconds for her to find out that Covington mustn’t proceed combating, forcing Miragliotta to convey a cease to the bout with solely seconds left within the third.
Official Outcome: Joaquin Buckley def. Colby Covington by way of TKO (physician’s stoppage) at 4:42 of Spherical 3
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Verify Out Highlights From Joaquin Buckley vs. Colby Covington at UFC Tampa:
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