Chael Sonnen revealed that he pondered stopping Colby Covington ’s fight himself before the doctor intervened at UFC on ESPN 63. Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) suffered a laceration in his right eyelid early in Saturday’s main event at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., which forced the doctor to eventually stop his fight against Joaquin Buckley (21-6 MMA, 11-4 UFC) at the end of Round 3. Sonnen, who was in Covington’s corner, says he was on the verge of throwing in the towel after seeing the amount of blood gushing out of Covington’s eye. “Colby was getting hit on his feet with everything you could do.
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