CHICAGO – Newly minted UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington sat at the podium after UFC 225 and drank from a water bottle hastily marked up to read “Nerd Tears.” After upsetting ex-lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos (28-9 MMA, 17-7 UFC) in the pay-per-view co-headliner of Saturday’s event , it was Covington’s (13-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) moment to bask in his told-you-so moment. He enjoyed every bit of it. “I don’t think there’s very many media in here that picked me to win this fight,” Covington said during the post-event press conference at United Center in Chicago.
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