{"id":337952,"date":"2020-01-12T10:34:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T18:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=337952"},"modified":"2020-01-12T10:34:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T18:34:16","slug":"video-colby-covingtons-jaw-is-healing-up-nicely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-colby-covingtons-jaw-is-healing-up-nicely\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Colby Covington&#8217;s jaw is healing up nicely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new video showing UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington playing pickup basketball seems to show that his recently broken jaw is healing up nicely.<\/p>\n<p>Covington suffered a jaw fracture during his epic welterweight title fight against champion Kamaru Usman at UFC 245, which he lost via fifth-round TKO. After the fight, Covington ran out of the Octagon backstage and was criticized by fans, media and fellow fighters online for doing so.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-eyeing-april-or-may-return-after-ufc-245-loss\/\">Covington&#8217;s co-manager Dan Lambert, who owns American Top Team, said this week that Covington is looking to return to the Octagon in April or May<\/a>. He says the jaw fracture isn&#8217;t super serious and he believes Covington will begin his MMA training soon.<\/p>\n<p>The new video posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hp7alyXwwxE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMZ<\/a> would seem to indicate that Covington is indeed healing up faster than expected. Take a look at it below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colby Covington&#039;s Broken Jaw Looks Fine During Pickup Basketball Game | TMZ Sports\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hp7alyXwwxE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When Covington does return to the Octagon, he will still be one of the top-ranked contenders at 170lbs. However, with fighters such as Jorge Masvidal, Leon Edwards and even Conor McGregor hoping to get the next title shot against Usman, it could be a while before Covington gets another crack at the belt, despite giving Usman one hell of a fight at UFC 245.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, look for Covington to fight someone ranked a little lower than him who is still a respected fighter such as Stephen Thompson, who is currently without an opponent. At this point, Covington would need a couple more wins to get back into title contention considering how many fighters are ahead of him waiting around for their crack at the belt.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of what you think of Covington, he is someone who draws eyeballs to the sport win, lose, or draw, so his return to the Octagon is a good thing regardless of personal feelings towards him.<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see Colby Covington fight in his return to the Octagon?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new video showing UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington playing pickup basketball seems to show that his recently broken jaw is healing up nicely. Covington suffered a jaw fracture during his epic welterweight title fight against champion Kamaru Usman at UFC 245, which he lost via fifth-round TKO. After the fight, Covington ran out of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":326400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[22188,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO | Colby Covington&#039;s jaw is healing up nicely | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new video showing UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington playing pickup basketball seems to show that his recently broken jaw is healing up nicely.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-colby-covingtons-jaw-is-healing-up-nicely\/\" \/>\n<meta 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