Colby Covington Signs With Hype FC For Submission Grappling
Colby Covington has signed with Hype FC, agreeing to compete in submission grappling matches under the promotion!
The move comes months after Covington closed out his MMA career, announcing his retirement last May following an 18-month gap since his final UFC appearance in December 2024.
His career spanned more than a decade and included multiple runs at the welterweight title, highlighted by an interim championship win.
His shot at undisputed gold peaked and stalled in 2019, when he came up short against Kamaru Usman, with the years that followed proving far more difficult, as he went 2-4 across his remaining fights in the division.
Stepping away from MMA hasn’t meant stepping away from competition altogether.
Covington transitioned into wrestling through RAF, where he built a perfect 4-0 record, defeating Luke Rockhold, Dillon Danis, Chris Weidman, and Arman Tsarukyan along the way.
But now, submission grappling represents the next version of that same grappling-type challenge, drawing on his collegiate wrestling background and years of clinch and ground control developed throughout his MMA career…
And now applied to a discipline built entirely around control and submissions, rather than Covington’s striking and overall cage strategy.
How well do you think Covington will fare in submission grappling?
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