“I want legacy fights,” stated Colby Covington when he was asked about his comeback to the Octagon after he failed to clinch the 170 lbs gold from Leon Edwards back in UFC 296. The welterweight contender has been out of the Octagon for almost six months and it appears that’s time for ‘Chaos’ to return to the UFC to make some noise in the welterweight division after Belal Muhammad defeated Edwards at UFC 304.

Colby Covington blamed his foot injury for his defeat, stating that it might force him to take an involuntary hiatus from fighting. That’s exactly what happened. ‘Chaos’ has been away from the fighting world for quite some time now, however, his recent confessions on ‘Submission Radio’ have revealed the timeline of his return, Let have a look at it.

Colby Covington might return to the Octagon sooner than expected

The welterweight contender previously disclosed that he has two fighters on his mid for his upcoming fights and one of them was the former lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira. Colby Covington admitted that he is not keen on fighting for the sake of fighting but wants legacy fights against big stars. The former interim welterweight champion confessed who he wants to fight with but never actually confessed when he is going to return to the Octagon but that changes with his recent interaction with Denis Shkuratov of ‘Submission Radio.’

At the end of their 15-minute interaction, Shkuratov asked about the timeline of Colby Covington’s return. ‘Chaos’ enthusiastically stated that he would be coming back to the Octagon at the end of the year, “So the timeline looks like, you know, 100%, I’m fighting before year’s end. You know, I’m about fully healthy right now. The foot’s feeling good. Now it’s just about, you know, rehabbing and, you know, just making sure I get back to my base level of conditioning and, you know, get my sparring back on track, get all my MMA training back on track. You know, I’m ready to fight,” said Covington.

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