Colby Covington Injuries: Did He Sustain a Broken Jaw at UFC 245?

Injury is a part of sports like MMA and boxing. Several athletes have experienced fractures and other kinds of injuries as a result of fighting in the ring. One such example is Conor McGregor. The Irish fighter suffered a broken leg at UFC 264 while fighting Dustin Poirier. Similarly, several other fighters have experienced nasty injuries; even Colby Covington.

His bout against Kamaru Usman was huge, but he also sustained some painful injuries. During his second bout against Usman, Covington sustained some leg injuries. The fighter was seen using crutches post the fight at UFC 268.

What happened to Colby Covington’s jaw?

While his leg was injured during their second bout, it was his jaw injury during UFC 245 that still has people talking. According to several reports, Usman’s punch connected square with Covington’s jaw and broke it. However, ‘Chaos’ has denied that his jaw broke.

As reported by Bloody Elbow, examination by the UFC medical staff post-fight found that the fighter had endured a ‘non-displaced midline mandible fracture’. However, Covington has challenged this and in an interview with ESPN, he said (h/t Bloody Elbow), “Nothing was broken. The only thing that was broken was Marty’s pride that night because he doesn’t want to run this back in round two and he got forced to.”

He was on a medical suspension after UFC 245.

Did Colby Covington break his jaw while fighting Kamaru Usman?

Though the American fighter has denied the injury, there is something interesting about what Covington said between rounds to his cornermen. He said, “I think I broke my jaw.”

So Usman’s punch surely stunned him. Further, he also did not give an interview after the fight and quickly went backstage. Because of these two things, many thought that his jaw was broken during the fight.

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Nothing could have been said with surety unless an x-ray was done.

Colby Covington reveals his x-ray report

Images of Colby Covington’s alleged broken jaw were doing rounds on the internet. In the pictures, a crack was clearly visible to the jaw. As a result of the images, ‘Chaos’ commented on them. He said, “It was one of the worst photoshops, let me say, in the history of this sport. Someone went and took an image of Google. They put my name on it Colby Covington and first off, it never reads if you ever see an x-ray film, it’ll never read your name straight across.”

Several fans have asked the 16-3-0 record holder to release pictures of his x-ray so that a conclusion can be drawn. It looks like the fighter doesn’t wish to do so. But he maintains his stance that his jaw was not broken. What is your opinion about this?

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