Overview
- Colby Covington dominated Luke Rockhold in Sunrise, Florida, winning by 12-0 technical fall in the RAF 5 main event to cap his wrestling return.
- Post-match, Covington called for a Real American Freestyle bout with Georges St-Pierre, citing GSP’s division-leading UFC welterweight takedown total.
- Bo Nickal’s scheduled match with Yoel Romero was scrapped after Romero weighed 212 pounds, with Nickal declining to proceed at a different weight.
- Romero was rebooked against NCAA champion Stephen Buchanan, while Nickal drew online criticism for refusing the catchweight and later explained his stance on making weight.
- The weekend followed a heated presser where Covington and Rockhold taunted Nickal, prompting Nickal’s public challenge to face Covington at the planned UFC White House event and his dismissal of the headliners as “fake wrestlers.”